There are circuses, and then there is the CIRCUS. The RinglingBros. and Barnum_&_Bailey_Circus is quite simply spectactular. Three rings of high wire acts, death-defying motorcycle stunts, and an exotic array of animals…not to mention the clowns. We took our children…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Laundry Alternatives: Wonder Wash and Mini-Countertop Spin Dryer
ResourcefulMommy has challenged me to post about my laundry situation. Truly this post was tailor made for me — pun intended. Of all my household tasks I love doing laundry the most. There is something quite satisfying about having a…
Cool Mommy Guide: Blog Swing
Fitness Friday: Reflection by CouponCoupJenn I’m struggling to write a Fitness Friday post. I’m not sure which aspect of my life to write about right now…it all seems very fitness and health related. I’m not clever enough to think of…
Guest Post at Geezeo.com
I wrote about teens and finance over at the geezeo.com blog: https://blog.geezeo.com/2009/03/how-much-is-that-shirt-in-the-window-teaching-teens-about-money/
Good News and Bad News
The good news I am quite healthy per the doctor. The bad news I need to lose weight per the doctor. No surprise there. Yay for honesty of medical professionals. Boo for cold hard truth. I do need to lose…
Wednesdays R Us: Multitaskers
Multitasking at its best…coloring a Simpsons poster from Burger King while watching The Simpsons Movie. Excuse my messy family room…it was a snow day. Submitted to Wordless Wednesday, 5 minutes for Mom, The Not-So-Blog Blog, Punky Monkey’s, Wordful Wednesday, Go…
Live Blogging Bedtime
Round these parts we love our jammies so much…we even wear them outside! Considering live blogging bedtime. It would be interesting, no? A sociological experiment? A testament to how ornery my kids are? A glimpse in to my “putting-kids-to-bed” persona.…
Ballas & Hough Dancing with the Stars
Mark Ballas Derek Hough Tune in tonight on ABC at 8/7 to watch Mark Ballas (red shirt) and Derek Hough on the 2-hour season premiere of Dancing_with_the_Stars. Derek is dancing with multi-platinum artist Lil’ Kim and Mark’s partner is Olympic…
Rural Roadkill Report
As a country dweller, not a day goes by when I don’t see a dead animal beside the road. Sometimes I see the same animal for days. The same animal getting smaller as birds peck at it. The same animal…
Scary Phone Call
Kids were eating breakfast. Crafty Daughter was at school. I was checking e-mail, of course. Phone rings. I see Crafty Daughter’s middle school phone number. It was the school nurse. Crafty Daughter had passed out in homeroom. I asked how…
