Everyday Life – Page 17

Notes to self on birthday prep

Notes to self regarding birthday prep and celebrations: When using gel to color butter cream frosting take note that it will intensify in color over time. I was worried about Hello Kitty’s bow being pink when it’s supposed to be red so I added the entire little container of red gel coloring to my 1Continue reading “Notes to self on birthday prep”

The Tea Party

Tonight’s post isn’t political (although I could write a book with what was on tv tonight). The girls wanted to have a tea party when Daddy got home from work today. So we prepared and were ready. Daddy was ready when he got home too. He raced upstairs and changed into some nice clothes andContinue reading “The Tea Party”

Thank you, Candace Bushnell and Pentagon City

I homeschool for many reasons. One is the flexibility homeschooling affords on so many different levels. We can “do school” in the car on a trip or on a Saturday to make up for a missed weekday. Or we can even play Scrabble as our spelling lesson for the day. That’s what I chose toContinue reading “Thank you, Candace Bushnell and Pentagon City”

Sleep Reading

We’ve all heard of sleep walking and what kind of problems it can create. I have the interesting phenomenon of sleep reading. Reading makes me sleepy no matter what the subject may be. Text books are snooze fests, of course, but even when I was reading my recent favorites my eyelids would get so heavyContinue reading “Sleep Reading”

Thanksgiving Randomness

My phone has become my instant gratification in more ways than one. I love taking pictures on it, especially after downloading the Hipstamatic camera app on our 13+ hour drive down to Georgia. Here are some random shots from the weekend. Some with the Hipstamatic, some regular. Since I am posting this after a 13+Continue reading “Thanksgiving Randomness”

Mood killer

We had finished dinner and were having a nice relaxing family-style evening in the living room. It’s our desire to get a new Christmas album every year so I was forcing Du to play guess the artist by searching through Amazon MP3 albums and listening to snippets of songs. We found country albums, pop albums,Continue reading “Mood killer”