Melissa | September 28, 2009
Disclaimer: This is not a list of the MOST IMPORTANT, so do not feel like you must list the highest priority or the obvious, which will end up having the same thing repeated by everyone over and over. Try to be specific and creative. This your three items with a sentence or two explanation.
1. Every [...]
Melissa | September 28, 2009
Not-Me-Monday is a blog carnival started by MckMama. Hop over to her blog to see what others have NOT done this week.
I did NOT completely forget about Foto Friday last week.
I did NOT return a DVD, sans DVD, to the library. I always check them to make sure the discs are included in the [...]
Melissa | September 23, 2009
Ty has made amazing strides in the area of verbalization recently and we’re thrilled!
We are so thrilled that he can talk back and demand “Ty do” in any give situation. Not that we don’t want to foster independence. It’s just that it’s not always possible or convenient.
We are thrilled that he can announce (in the [...]
Melissa | September 22, 2009
If you were an adult trapped in a 6-year-old body…
You might read the Bible (a Revised Standard Version to boot) to dispel your fears before you go to bed. When your mom made you put it away because she was cranky and tired and wanted you to go to sleep and did not know why [...]
Melissa | September 21, 2009
Not-Me-Monday is a blog carnival started by MckMama. Hop over to her blog to see what others have NOT done this week.
I did NOT put on dirty clothes after getting out of the shower yesterday just so I wouldn’t disturb Ty sleeping with Patrick in our room.
I did NOT spend more time in my [...]
Melissa | September 18, 2009
The garden season is slowly coming to a close. All of the Asian Pears are harvested. The apples (evident by a recent taste test) are almost ready. We only got Gala this year thanks to a local dear. We planted a chop suey variety of baby greens recently too. They’ve been yummy with a little [...]
Melissa | September 14, 2009
Not-Me-Monday is a blog carnival started by MckMama. Hop over to her blog to see what others have NOT done this week.
I always pack in plenty of time to leave for a family trip. I always use an impecably organized checklist. It was NOT me who (in a nutty, packing frenzy) tried to carry [...]
Melissa | September 11, 2009
If you’ve never seen the Give Away Today blog, you must hop over to it now. I enter almost everyday. Today, I was pleasantly surprised estatic to see my name on the winner list! I won a $25 gift certificate to Shade Clothing Products.
Melissa | September 11, 2009
Last weekend, in an attempt to make the most out of summer before school started, we…
…fed a giraffe…
…played ‘Monkey See, Monkey Do’ with a chimp…
(The kids were sticking out their tongues and the chimp was imitating. So fun!)
…witnessed an awesome rainbow…
…took in some college soccer (in the rain)…
…and caught up on some revolutionary history.
In other [...]
Melissa | September 10, 2009
I’m in love with creative and imaginative decorating/storage ideas. I mean I have two curtain rods in my kitchen displaying oodles of artwork.
Now I just have to find a wall for this brillant idea that I found at the Goody Blog. It uses rain gutters for book shelves. I bet you could even use them [...]
