Gifts That Stand the Test of Time

Each year at Christmas and again on birthdays our children will get several gifts- one from us, one from each set of grandparents, and a few others occasionally. 25 years into parenting and I have found that SOME gifts stay wonderful for years after the gift is given,...

30 Things To Do With a Back Injury

A few weeks ago I hurt my back, and I have had very limited movement since. For the most part I can sit up, lay in certain very uncomfortable positions and move around very little. At first I was sorta shocked by my inability to get up and live my normal life, so I...

Annoying Photo Printing!

Today I spent a good amount of time ordering photos of our family for Christmas gifts. This should have been a 20 minute task, but instead, here’s what went wrong: The CD all our pictures were on were not recognizable by our computer I added them to our Amazon...

Rebecca’s 4th Birthday Party (Watermelon Theme)

Our family has the tradition of letting the birthday person pick their favorite meal for birthday dinner. Rebecca declared she wanted “Eggs and Watermelon.”   Obviously this was not going to be quite a pleasing meal to everyone, so I added in biscuits...

Saving Money While on a Cruise

My husband has been very committed to the idea of he and I taking an extravagant vacation together to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary. So, when Black Friday came around last year, he watched prices and booked us on a 7 night Royal Caribbean Cruise. I really had...

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