Cider and Spices

We are done celebrating the birth of Jesus, but it still seems like Christmas to me. I know that in a couple of days the season will have ...

We are "celebrating" four times this year. Tonight we will be going to Mama G's house to open presents with Mike's family....

I love Goodwill! I always find a treasure when I go there, and usually it's something I've been looking for for a long time t...

Today I took Cleo to the vet to get her stitches removed. She was spayed and declawed last week. Poor, poor kitty. But Miles couldn't be...

Sammy is now officially walking! He took his first tentative steps a few days ago, and has been gaining momentum ever since. It's not qu...

Yes, those are cookie cutters on our Christmas tree. I had planned on not having any decorations, just lights, but was struck by a bri...

Sammy decided that he is too big for the baby bath. It was just too restrictive for him. He wanted to be wild and free, like Griffin! I love...

Sammy always gets tired when he eats his bottle in the highchair! He sometimes falls asleep while holding his bottle. The other day I was co...

Okay, I take back what I said about Griffin saying his alphabet. We went to church today and he got "schooled", and when he came h...

So I sat down to do my SuDoku puzzle this evening... yes, it has become a nightly event (there's a great website, www.dailysudoku.com , ...

I haven't said anything about our Thanksgiving celebration, and I do want to remember it, so I'd better record it here before I forg...

I am the proud new owner of a gym membership! Bally Total Fitness called yesterday and offered me a membership for $49 down, $19 a month. It...

Our church had a football game with another church this afternoon. It was perfect weather for it, around 65 degrees, with just enough of a ...

We were driving home tonight from Mama G's house where we had had a fun family get-together, and came upon the scene of an accident. We ...

Okay, this is me talking about healthy stuff. I have a lot of head knowledge, but not a lot of experience. I'm working on the experience...

So Mike was scrounging around the kitchen trying to find something yummy to munch on while we were watching Spider-Man tonight. All of a su...

I actually got to take a nap today! The boys have colds or something, so they both slept for about two and a half hours. I was pretty tired ...

Griffin loves to line things up! He is such a typical firstborn. He used to go into his toy room and get depressed because nothing had a pla...

Mike raked all of the leaves into a big pile and we had so much fun playing in them! Well, the boys had fun playing in them. Mike and I most...

We cleaned the basement today!! I am so excited. Finally, I don't have to worry about Oprah popping in on me and doing one of those ...

Griffin had so much fun "helping" Mike fix the crib. We needed to lower it, since Sammy is jumping now, and it scares me to think ...

Sammy is quite the little poser! Actually, as anyone who has ever taken pictures of children can attest to, we have a lot more "bad...

I thought the red devilish eyes were quite appropriate for this costume! Sammy makes a good Jack-Jack, er, um, Sam-Sam. He really liked bein...

I didn't have any camera batteries, so unfortunately I can't post a picture yet, but on Monday we had SO much fun at my Dad's of...

Sunday was a fun day. Mike and the boys played outside while I got some time off and went to Archiver's, a local scrapbook store. I got ...

Last night my parents came over and the four of us played Marbles, a game his dad made that is similar to Aggravation, where each player mov...

Our week of fun and scary times is almost over! It has been a week filled with cozy moments, wild boys, a husband who I am learning more abo...

Yesterday was so great! I had a Fall Get-It-Together (kind of a get-organized-before-Christmas-comes thing) at my house. It was a lot of f...

Miles and Cleo have a love-hate relationship. Most of the time, they chase each other around the house biting, scratching and generally just...