A couple days ago a friend of mine shared an article on Facebook entitled It Turns Out That Traveling Makes Us Far Happier Than Any Material Wealth Ever Does. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. It’s partly because our financial situation has improved, and so now being able to travel at least a […]
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Nothing Is Safe
A couple weeks ago I told you the story about… THE ROBES. About a week after that, I was in Costco, and all the Christmas stuff was out in full effect. There were a couple things I saw that I knew the kids would LOVE, and still being on a mission to not leave Christmas […]
The Four Gift Rule (And The Story Of THE ROBES)
I was going to wait until closer to Thanksgiving to write about this, but after what happened yesterday, I’d like to share it today. If you follow me on Facebook, then you may have already seen this post from yesterday (had to do three screenshots because it’s long — but funny!): So the kids […]
Something You Want, Something You Need, Something To Wear, And Something To Read
I grew up in a small, affluent town in Connecticut. Most of my friends had huge houses and their parents drove BMWs or Mercedes or Jaguars. Some of the kids even drove those kinds of cars. They had pools and tennis courts and horses and they belonged to country clubs and riding clubs and gun […]
The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas and in every room, it looked like a bomb had exploded… KABOOM! Decorations first hung by the chimney with care now destroyed by the children who rambunctiously lived there. The dishes were nestled all snug in the sink, The laundry room full of dirty clothes that did stink. Pots on the stove and a mess on […]
Ohhhhh, Fffffffffffuuuuuuudge.
I put the last present under the tree at 2:30 a.m. I figured I’d take the morning off today, seeing as I only had about 3 hours before Number 5 woke up. But I was wrong. I had one hour. At 3:30 I heard talking, crying and yelling all coming from Number 3, 4, and 5’s room. […]