Bittersweet Sixteen

16 years ago today I got my first glimpse of the face that was going to change my life for the better forever… I’m quite sure at that moment I had absolutely no preconceived notions about what that little tyke would be like at the ripe old age of sixteen, but even if I had…he [...]

Teenager plus one

I swear it seems like just a couple months ago that I was bemoaning my youngest sons entrance into official teenage-dom. And yet, yesterday was H-T’s 14th birthday!!  How does that HAPPEN??!! H-T is into keeping things really simple these days, so all he wanted to do to celebrate the 14th anniversary of his birth [...]

Would you look who the cat dragged in???

That’s right. I’m back. Back from my longest bloggy break ever.  So let’s catch up for a minute.  Our holidays were lovely. Quiet.  Peaceful.  And even SNOWY…woot!! Christmas came and went with only a few hitches.  The biggest of which was that Uber’s desktop went “kaput” about a week before Christmas. Which meant that it [...]

Peace…Love…Joy

I’m pretty sure this is the longest I’ve ever gone without posting on my blog…but that just means I’ll have THAT much more to say when I finally get around to catching up, right???? And hopefully all this “catching up” will take place right after the holidays…so stay tuned. In the meantime, here is our [...]

Share-It Saturday: Charity Gift Cards Make Great Holiday Gifts

On Saturdays, (when I think of it, of course), I thought it would be nice to share one of my favorite blog posts I read during the previous week.  This way, you’ll get to see some of my blogroll up close and personal, and I get to share info that really spoke to me! This [...]

It’s a Major Award!

The movie A Christmas Story is a major part of our holiday traditions.  Ralphie, Flick, Schwartz, Farkus, and yes…even the Bumpuses’ dogs are more familiar to our boys than Dasher, Prancer, or Comet could ever hope to be. We have watched the movie as we’ve decorated our tree every year since the boys were knee [...]

Early Edition: Friday’s Hardwired Homeschool Hints – Thanksgiving

Yep, I’m kicking in this week’s HHH post a couple days early so that you homeschoolers can get in on some terrific Thanksgiving-related educational treats online. I’ve come across most of these in the past few days, and just knew I needed a special post for sharing them.    Creating a Thanksgiving Lapbook Behind the [...]

Topsy-Techie Birthday Giveaway Winner

  In a cool turn of events, and according to Random.org, the winner of the Topsy-Techie Birthday Giveaway is… Rational Jenn, the other birthday girl this week!  Unfortunately, Jenn won’t receive her prize in time for her own birthday, but she says she might do something jazzy for Thanksgiving or Christmas with her new set [...]

Topsy-Techie’s Birthday Giveaway!

Ok, normally I let my birthdays slide by like sands in the hourglass, but this coming Friday happens to be a celebration of my very last year in my 30’s, so I’m puttin’ on the ritz. R-T is taking yours truly for a night of fondue fun at the Melting Pot, AND, of course, I [...]

Halloween was like…a Scream, man…

In typical Uber and H-T fashion, Halloween was yet another demonstration of the polar opposites that are my children.  Born only 22 months apart, these two young men might as well have been born 30 light years and 747 planets apart. Here is the pictorial evidence of the differences in their personalities.  H-T, of course, [...]