lazy saturday…

(pic taken by babycakes)
seems like we don’t get enough of them lately… we had a quiet morning at home, then went to have lunch with grandma and “crampa” for his birthday.  then somehow i ended up at work, and they all travelled on for more celebration with the grandparents.  we’ll try again next saturday for [...]

one lump or two?

i was never a coffee drinker, i was always a tea girl.  and then i had the baby that never slept.  after 4 months, i turned to coffee for assistance.  and the baby didn’t sleep for the next 2 years.  so i drank more coffee.  lots and lots more coffee.  i’m a busy lady, i’ve [...]

nablopomo – i wonder how many of this month’s posts will be about absolutely nothing…

so the big question of the day – how often are we supposed to have our fire extinguishers checked?  not at home, at school… you’d think it’d be easy to find that answer…  but no. 
tonight once the girls are in bed i have to get cranking on a muffin tin advent calendar – a special [...]

it’s nablopomo again…

(national blog posting month) again.
1 post a day for the entire month. 
i had a little “procedure” on thursday, and i’ve been sitting around recouperating ever since.  i overdid it trick-or-treating last night, but it was worth it.  we were heroes to the girls – we went to 15 whole houses.  beanie counted.

she enjoyed the counting, [...]

it’s that time again…

 

i’m gearing up for the holidays, making a few christmas items.  it seems so early, but the past couple of years i’ve felt so far behind.  it seems like i’ve gotten a bunch of larger special requests, too, so i’ve gotta do what i can when i can.  happy halloween! =D

autumn in new england

we had an incredible afternoon with Gwen of  Gwendolyn Pellegrino Photography today.  the girls got to frolick and spin and climb on a beautiful red sofa wearing the prettiest petticoats in the middle of an apple orchard on a warm fall day.  what could be better? 

i hope gwen doesn’t get mad that i snuck this shot, [...]

October 2002

Imagine.
Imagine walking twenty miles.
Imagine walking twenty miles in a driving rain.
Imagine walking your first ten steps in an ankle deep puddle.
Imagine not being able to see from side to side because of rain hoods and ponchos.
Imagine needing windshield wipers for your glasses all day.
Imagine your feet sloshing, squishing, sliding, slooping and swimming from mile 1 [...]

the countdown is on!

so much to do…

and i have the feeling i’m going to be making a lot of these!

things that make me smile…

labor day weekend…  it’s sunday night and i’m exhausted.  the girls heard somewhere that tomorrow is a holiday, and they fully expect to have a picnic on the diningroom floor.  i’m pondering a menu that requires the fewest crumbs and spills.
made some cakeballs this weekend:
  
cookie monster, grover and oscar!!  they were a big hit [...]

thursday again again…

i made 7 calendars in 7 days.  here’s 4:

and omg, omg, omg, look what i found in the halloween section – cakeball eyeballs.

this little girl had her pictures taken, and *poof* she was really really 3 years old:

everybody seems so big all of a sudden:

i’m a little over-extended right now (by a whole lot), i’ve [...]