Gina over at The Shabby Chic Cottage is hosting a party challenging participants to come up with 10 tasks to accomplish over the next ten days, June 23 – July 2. I even emailed her for reassurance before I made the decision to commit to make sure this was not about pressure and she replied: [...]
Father’s Day, like Mother’s day, are low key days for our familly. I cook on his day and he cooks on mine (nothing unusual since Sunday is his cooking day anyway), followed by a small gift or two. For us, it’s more about bonding as a family so we look forward to quiet celebrations at [...]
The Renegade Craft Fair, held at McCarren Park in Brooklyn last Saturday, was busy busy busy. There was so much creativity in the air and I was so happy to be able to experience it all. Here are a few of the vendors that caught my eye. Mimi Kirchner Original Dolls These colorful folk art [...]
The winner chosen by Random.org of the The DIY Spot’s 1st Anniversary Giveaway is Cindi. Congratulations Cindi! I will be in touch shortly. I apologize for this not so great screen shot. This is my first time using this site and I am sure there is a better way to display the results. Next giveaway, [...]
Happy Friday! Just a reminder, tomorrow, 12 PM my 1st Anniversary Giveaway ends. I will post the winner by tomorrow evening. Good luck to each of you. Until then, let’s get this weekend started!
I just wanted to take this time to wish you a wonderful Mother’s Day! May the events of this day create lasting memories in the years to come. Enjoy!
Yes that would be me jumping Double Dutch with some of my mom friends. During this mom’s only gathering at my house, we jumped rope, played games, stuffed our faces and forgot about our everyday life responsibilities for a few hours. What is the connection between this picture memory and the song “My Best Days [...]
The other day I was taking my son to school and I was taken back by nature’s beauty. As I was leaving his school, I happened to look down and saw these pearlescent petals that had blown to the ground from a nearby tree. They were glistening in the sunlight. A block from my home, [...]
Woo Hoo! I know there should be celebration plans to acknowledge my 100th post, however, timing was not with me on this one. This week, I just completed a major writing project that literally consumed every minute of every day, for the last week. There was little time for even sleep and it got the [...]
It snowed again yesterday, schools were closed and No.1 son and I spent close to 3 hours shoveling while No.2 son watched cartoons. The husband is in London on business. Lucky him! Lately, I’ve been leaving the shoveling to the men of the house (how sexist is that?) but it takes two, so I was [...]
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