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February 9, 2009Organization, Products, Time Wasters, Uncategorized

Organized and Spiffy…aka: Keeping My Magazine Addiction Under Control…AAKA…Preventing the Possibility that Some Day I Will Be One of those Old People Whose House is Buried in Newspaper (or in my case, old issues of Shape, BH&G, and Family Circle…and Parenting, and Women’s Health, and Women’s Day, and Family Fun, and …”

I admit it, I’m a magazine junkie. Back in the day when my heart went pitter-pat for NKOTB (see #53)I would spend wads of babysitting money on TeenBeat, TuttiFrutti, Bop and other glossy homages to the teen idols I so adored. I would pull out the posters to adorn my walls, cut out special articles…

February 6, 2009Kids, Life, Products

Organic Teething Biscuits Taste Like Dog Food

Just Ask Lil’ G, who tosses them with aplomb as if playing fetch with some imaginary canine. Or ask Lil’ G’s Dada…who, after observing this behavior a few times decided to investigate…and upon tasting said biscuit declared, “Ugh! These things taste like dog treats!” How he knows what dog treats taste like is something I…

January 27, 2009Cool Stuff, Homeschooling, Products

Motivation that Sticks

Recently, I read a little article in one of the many parenting magazines I receive (more about my magazine habit and how I keep it under control later) that asked moms to reveal a “kid-like” trait of theirs. Answers varied from cutting crusts off sandwiches to having to touch everything. So I thought…what kid-like quirks…

January 26, 2009Homeschooling, Products

My thumb might not be green…

But a pale lime…or celery? Maybe. Our mini herb garden, “It’s alive!” 10 days after we got things going, things are, well – going! All 4 of the pots we planted managed to germinate and show evidence of green growth, it was actually quite exciting! Of the 5 day germinators, the basil seems to be…

January 20, 2009Kids, Life, Products, Uncategorized, Work

I see what they mean by “the good old days”

Often, you (and by you, I guess I mean me) hear people complain about the way technology is destroying mankind. Not robots harvesting humans for… (what would robots harvest humans for anyway?)type stuff; just the simple fact that the more ways we have to communicate, the less we seem to connect. Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah-blah-blah.…

January 17, 2009Homeschooling, Products

It’s 30 degrees below zero and we’re gardening

Indoors, that is. We planted a mini herb garden, and hopefully in a few weeks we’ll have a luscious crop of Basil, Sweet Marjoram, Parsley, and Cilantro. Hopefully. The project was simple, and not too messy…we used a gift A.J. had been given for the holidays (to which her original response was, “Oh great. A…

January 13, 2009Cool Stuff, Products, Uncategorized

And while we’re on the subject of Rice Krispies…

I just really found this fascinating, odd…but fascinating. Keep in mind I’ve had two glasses of wine tonight. Did you kow that “Snap-Crackle-Pop” is not universal? Nope (at least that’s what Wiki tells me) The following has been cut and pasted from a wikipedia article: The onomatopoeic noises differ by language: English: “Snap! Crackle! Pop!”…

January 13, 2009Celebrations, Cool Stuff, Life, Products

And while we’re on the subject of cakes…

Yours truly had a birthday in here somewhere. Now, usually I don’t do cake…it’s really just not my thing. I was that weird kid who didn’t like frosting. But Beth, my friend who makes all the incredible edibles you have seen me post here, convinced my husband (upon delivering the cake seen in my previous…

January 10, 2009Cool Stuff, Homeschooling, Kids, Products

Land of Nod visits Johnsonville…it’s cheaper here

There are a few places I indulge…things I buy that are luxury items for someone like me who usually only makes a purchase if it’s on sale (and hopefully I have a coupon too). Among these indulgences are scones and non-fat venti cafe mochas at Starbucks, BabyLegs for Miss G (that’s an addiction I’ll delve…

November 27, 2008Kids, Products

A Barbie (or 2) She WON’T Be Getting

While perusing the on-line toy ads for some holiday shopping, I came across some dolls of a particular well known brand (does an Aqua song come to mind?) and felt quite a variety of emotions from disgust to wry amusement…in any case, my daughter will not be finding any of the following under the Christmas…