Okay, my 27th birthday is fast approaching. Okay, not *that* fast, but since I’m a December baby, early planning for it is KEY because budget can easily be blown on Christmas This year, my birthday is a little less than 2 weeks from Thanksgiving, which means SHORT shopping for Christmas [...]

I’m hearing people bitch and complain that today is called “Patriots Day”. That some people have today off.
Honestly, I see the point. Not about the bitching, but the day.
Pearly Harbor Day is remembered. No, nowhere near as vividly as 9/11, but the biggest reason is TV. 24-hour news. TV viewing was SUSPENDED for awhile because [...]

Thirteen Things to Do Today
1. Take Madi to school
2. Pick up cold medicine for Ethan
3. Drop off birthday card for Julie
4. Pick up Madi’s wellness check form from her doctors
5. Fix Ethan a snack
6. Give Ethan a dose of his cold medicine
7. Fix Ethan lunch
8. Take a shower
9. Send pictures to Katy
10. Take pictures [...]

The Goal: Each week, you figure out what you need to do for the following week. No real point, but it’s a great way of keeping track of plans and things.
Monday, August 18

Madison has school. That’s an obvious
Josh might or might not be off. Today through Thursday is up in the air.
Laundry needs to be [...]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADISON
Happy birthday, Mads
Today you turn five years old
Feels like yesterday
You were being born
It doesn’t seem that long that
we held you for the
first time and saw that
beautiful face and squishy
cheeks that made us aww!!
Today you turn five
Today is the start of things
Where you become you
I’m proud to be mom
to such a beautiful
girl but slow [...]