The Elusive Pokemon

Ever since I packed the kiddos up and moved to this lovely area we’ve called home for the past 3 years, they’ve made a lot of friends around the neighborhood. Friends that started out as guests and have quickly become family. They camp out in my living room, play my video games, watch my Netflix,

Saturday Sass

Yep. It’s officially the first day of Summer Break.  The funniest thing is that I used to prefer my kids being on summer vacation.  I used to look forward to not worrying about: Getting up and driving them to and from school, open house, homework, parent/teacher conferences, musicals, science fairs, math relays, field days, field

Share Your World – Week 5

Whoops… fell behind.  Last week, Cee asked these questions: If you had a choice to live anywhere would be your preference salt water beaches, forest, fresh water lakes, hot tub, ski resort or desert? I’m not sure how you can live in a hot tub, but I’ll take one on the huge back deck of

‘Twas the Night Before…

I really hate it when you don’t realize you’re missing important menu items for Christmas dinner until AFTER all of the stores are closed for Christmas Eve!  Grr…. Ah well… I guess we’ll just have to compromise without any dinner rolls.  My mom started a tradition several years ago with a quick, delicious recipe she’d