Melissa | December 31, 2009
So I’m standing in my laundry room peeling layers of tape and cardboard off of perfectly rolled pairs of panties for a 4-year-old with fingers already raw from twist ties and hard plastic packaging thinking, “Is this really necessary?”
In a world where recycling is required, composting is the latest fad, Energy Star earns you tax rebates, and Al Gore [...]
Melissa | December 29, 2009
Slowly making my way through pictures. The complete set is at our Photos page.
Melissa | December 29, 2009
So I’ve processed about 180 pictures so far and still have over 50 to go. Here are some favorites from Christmas Eve. For a more complete set, check out our Photos page.
Melissa | December 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 was NOT hell bent on the kids wearing their matching snowman pajamas for Christmas Eve evening and Christmas morning pictures since Ty didn’t come home in time to wear them last year. [...]
Melissa | December 25, 2009
Melissa | December 23, 2009
Please excuse run-ons and excessive use of parentheses.
What is it about the Christmas season that elicits a sense of good cheer, giving, charity, and joyfulness?
Is it the fact that in all that shopping and commercialism, we need to ease our guilty (sub?)conscious by throwing in an extra pair of mittens for the local clothing drive?
Is [...]
Melissa | December 22, 2009
Exhibit A for why we need a padded room. This went on for about 45 minutes.
Melissa | December 21, 2009
I recently had a chance to submit some work for an online magazine that published an issue focusing (pun intended) on photography. Check it out at Serious.Life.Magazine.
Seriously.
Melissa | December 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 always lead by example, getting a full night’s sleep just like I insist my children do. It was NOT a sleep-deprived me sleeping in carpool this week. A teacher did NOT have [...]
Melissa | December 19, 2009
********UPDATE*********
Official snowfall: 18 inches (courtesy of the National Weather Service)
********ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS********
To some, the copious amounts of snow falling in our neck of the woods might be considered inconvenient or annoying. For us, who had no plans and a lot of catching up to do around the house, it represents fun in the sun snow, [...]
