Stop Thinking About Me

I am not a vegetarian. I eat meat. But sometimes I just want something a little bit lighter. While talking with my sister a while ago she mentioned making her own veggie burgers. Why had I never thought of that before!?! That was a great idea (now I just have to convince Gary that it is a [...]

Isobel is a funny little girl. She is determined to do things her own way (most children are).
The other day she discovered that she can pick paint off the wall in the computer room. Then she discovered that she likes to eat the paint chips.
If eating paint chips wasn’t bad enough, our house was built [...]

This video was taken last year. I love the boys twinner shirts and my favorite is Gray-bee’s shopping cart dance. Enjoy!

I like foods that are healthy. I like broccoli, cauliflower, hummus, wheat bread, brussel sprouts, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, oranges, spinach, blueberries, yogurt, bananas, etc…
I also like foods that are not healthy. I like chocolate chip cookies, peanut M&M’s, banana cream pie, chocolate, any kind of peanut butter and chocolate combination, brownies, pumpkin pie, etc…
I have [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day!

My parents 1974 (My guess is that my Auntie Patti took this picture stealth mode, I LOVE it!)
LOVE RULES!

Me and my Gary 2001 overlooking the Valley
I love my Gary!

This week Liv’s school has Parent Teacher Conferences and she has a half day Thursday and no school on Friday. This means that her school celebrated Valentine’s Day on Wednesday. She exchanged valentines with her class and had her Valentine Social where all the kids get a chance to practice their manners and the parents [...]

I saw this on the So You Think You’re Crafty site and I instantly wanted to make one.
I loved how it wasn’t over the top cheese-y yet still worked for Valentine’s Day. Joe, you may be shocked by this next statement, but I don’t have any Valentine’s decorations. This was the perfect project for me.
The [...]

And in honor of “Love” week I will be focusing on what I love.
I love my Gary!

Did you know that Gary is awesome?
Did you know that I am a brat?
It’s true.
Last month Gary started a project that I had been wanting him to do for a long time. He started tearing down a small section [...]

Somewhere in all of that clean laundry are my two boys.

Holden and Gray-bee are sitting in the only spot on the couch not covered in laundry. At least it’s clean.

Not much has changed in thirty years. (click on pictures to enlarge)
Mom and Dad 1971

Mom and Dad 2001