“Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do…but how much love we put in that action.” -Mother Teresa Thanks to my wonderful brother in law, my laptop is definitely free of the RealAV virus. I took my laptop to him this weekend and he was able to fix it for me. [...]

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“It is not so important where one settles down. The best thing is to follow your instincts without too much reflection.” -Albert Einstein Summer is easy. Flip flops for every outfit. Winter and school are another story. Each morning, we have a sock meltdown. K is very particular about how the seam in her socks [...]

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“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” -Mark Twain E is our resident teenager in training. She stays up late and she sleeps in for us in the mornings. She is the total opposite of her sisters. I think that most mornings, she would sleep much [...]

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I saw this at a local church today. After I saw it, it made me cry. I went home to get my camera. I think the photos speak for themselves. Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

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“A daughter is a mother’s gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self…” – Victoria Secunda First of all, Happy Birthday to my big brother! Two out of 3 children in this house are sick again. This has been one difficult winter for my crew. I guess I shouldn’t [...]

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The other day we were fooling around with my camera. I was getting to know how to use the thing and K was willing to be my victim, um, I mean model. I really liked something about this photo. It’s amazing to me how grow up she has become lately. Her cheeks are so rosy [...]

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Since I’ve been having computer issues, I haven’t been good about sharing the daily thoughts. So today you get three of them. “Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older but grown. In my heart it don’t mean a thing.” -Toni Morrison Isn’t that the darn truth? [...]

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I still can’t believe my little E turned 4 today. It seems like is was much less than 4 years ago when E came into this world. This year, like the year she was born, is unseasonably warm. It was a nice 76 degrees and we loved it! Since we had her birthday party on [...]

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For some reason my blog loads slow and it’s driving me crazy. I want a simple, but cute look to my blog and I don’t want to spend any money to get it! So I’m going to be doing a bit of research to find a cheap, cute, simple blog style. It has to be [...]

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What a pain in the rear! I somehow got infected with the Real Antivirus or RealAV. It’s a rogue software that infects your computer and causes all kinds of problems. It kept displaying that my computer was infected with multiple trojans and viruses and I needed to get Real Antivirus to clear them up. It [...]

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We are having E’s 4th birthday party tomorrow and it’s a My Little Pony party! She is so excited about, well to be honest, we’re all excited. She requested a Pinkie Pie cake and so that’s what she’s getting. I’m happy with the way it turned out. I got a couple of tablecloths to help [...]

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Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. ~Lin Yutang It is so much fun to have three little girls! The other day we decided it would be fun to make paper dolls. I found a great site online that we could print very basic dolls and clothes. Then the [...]

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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~ Anonymous Ahh, communication. If your children are anything like mine, they will talk your ear off all day…sometimes all night. M. tends to talk in her sleep, she’s a bit like me that way. I have found that one of the toughest things about parenting [...]

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We tried a new recipe for dinner last night. It was a nice change from the regular spaghetti we usually have. This is the recipe we tried. It’s a keeper for our family and we will have it again! We paired it with a little salad and some 5 cheese garlic bread. Yummy! Spaghetti Carbonara [...]

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After Christmas, while I was returning a few things to Barnes and Noble, I stumbled on their 50% off sale. Well, that’s not quite right, I didn’t stumble over anything I seem to have a 6th sense with finding sales. It also helped that all the 50% off stuff was right there lining the walk [...]

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