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Best-Laid Plans

Thursday, March 3rd, 2016

It’s the big birthday month around here!  Both Rerun and Thumper have March birthdays, and Rerun definitely has his birthday on the brain. Last year, when the Minions movie was the big deal, he decided he wanted his birthday theme to be Minions.  And since I plan ahead, and knowing that the decor would probably […]



Heart Shaped Box of Candy

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

The boys have watched “Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown” a few too many times this season. As a result, both Rerun and Tad insisted on getting their teachers heart shaped boxes of candy for Valentine’s Day.  Because that’s what you do, right? So, along with the 69 Valentines that we are producing between the three […]



Tad Draws

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016

Tad brought home a masterpiece of his from school.  I sat staring at it for several minutes, just trying to catch all of the detail involved. There’s something from all seven movies represented in this one picture. Sometimes, I can’t figure out how his mind works.  Other times, he just blows me away.



Learn to Crochet on the Internet

Wednesday, January 27th, 2016

My friend C., some years ago now, convinced me to take up crochet when I expressed interest in learning a yarn art.  Mostly because I was sitting in a lot of waiting rooms, and taking a giant cross-stitch frame with me to work on wasn’t practical.  So C. taught me the basics, and then we […]