When Crafty Daughter was 7 we started a new birthday tradition for our children. As if the birthday wasn’t complicated enough what with the friend birthday, the family birthday, the cupcakes to school, and the “you get to choose what…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Is Blogging a Job?
So, my friends over at https://www.blog.parentbloggers.com/ have issued a challenge to me to blog about getting my life together in 2009. Wow, just writing 2009 seems crazy. Wasn’t it just 2000?? So, 2009 will either be the start of my…
KidsMealDeals: Free Kids’ Meals and Family-Friendly Dining
Deal a Meal: Kiddie Style I am not a cook. In fact if given the choice between eating out or cooking, eating at a restaurant wins hands down. On average, we eat out with the children about once per week.…
HP Magic Giveaway
HP has given 50 bloggers over $6,000 worth of computer equipment each to give to one lucky entrant. No one needs this amount of equipment. This huge prize could benefit so many different people. Just think of the smiles on…
Wordless Wednesday — 5th Grade Band
Well, Wordless Wednesday was almost Photoless Wednesday since I couldn’t get blogger to add photos. The photos are of poor quality since the lighting was poor in the school cafetorum. Perseverance won out and here are the photos: Tonight was…
If You Love Books, You Will Love Poingo
The Mom on the Run Family is a books family. We have bookshelves in every room except the three bathrooms. Mom on the Run is not a fan of reading books in the bathroom…it’s gross I’m just saying. My children…
The #1 reason I am not pursuing a career in graphic design
The Finals Story I was enrolled in a writing and graphics class at the University of Baltimore in Spring 2008. The class was tough for me. For the spring semester, I basically completed written and graphics projects for my class…
A Little Bit of This and That
Musings from me. A something and nothing post. Bulleted items are all I can manage. Nothing is wrong, just getting caught up in reading other people’s blogs while not attending to my own. – Two out of the last three…
Parent Bloggers Network: Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, and more
I was supposed to write a post for Parent Bloggers (https://www.blog.parentbloggers.com/) and ea games (https://www.ea.com/) last night on what my family does on game night. Well, my procrastination gene won out and I did not post. But, I really want…
Have You Had a Baby at the Alamo?
Found this somewhere…seriously with the time I spend on the PC and the amount of clicking around I do…who knows where I found it. Bold the things you’ve done and will admit to. If you use this as a post,…
