My Mind Wanders

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I am sitting here in the passenger seat as we make the 4 hour journey to Pittsburgh. It’s our annual pre-Christmas with the hubster’s family. As I sit here willing the GPS estimated time of arrival to move faster, my mind wanders. Why is the person with their flashers on driving in the middle lane? [...]

Countdown to Christmas

Last year, my mother in law introduced E to the Santa Beard countdown to Christmas. She supplied him with the printable, cotton balls, and a glue stick. When she came over this weekend, the Santa Beard was with her. E immediately remembered it from last year and was excited to start it again. Poor thing [...]

Respect the Turkey

Every year, I vow to respect the turkey. Every year, I find it harder to resist the urge to jump in Christmas mode after Halloween. The kiddo isn’t helping things either. He sees the commercials. He sees the decorations in the store. Just this past week, he begged me to start decorating. I explained to him [...]

Refresh My Nest | your three words

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I have resigned to the fact that we are going to be in this townhouse for a while {I am hoping only maybe another 5 years}. Instead of complaining almost daily that we don’t have any space and that I hate our house, I decided to channel some positive energy and transform our home into [...]

Snow?! Already?! Seriously?!

When I checked the weather for this weekend {like I do every week}, I was alarmed when I saw this. Did you see it? SNOW! It is way to early for snow, for me at least. I know, in all actuality, it will not snow. Maybe there will be a little something mixed in with the rain. [...]