My mother in law took photos on Christmas Eve and just gave me this one last week. When I looked at it I laughed out loud. Little Miss Throwsafit’s cousin Maddie is posing in a very elegant and lady-like manner and there’s LMT with her big personality for all to see. The acorn doesn’t fall [...]

You may want to have a backup map from Google Maps or Mapquest before heading out on a route you are completely unfamiliar with. This couple drove through the high desert of Oregon with only their GPS guiding them. They got stuck in the snow for three days: A Nevada couple letting their SUV’s navigation [...]

My family and I will be busy all day with fun Christmas activities but I wanted to wish all my Up North Mommy readers a very Merry Christmas. Have a joyous time with your families and don’t drink too much eggnog! If you have little kids like I do, be sure to head over NORAD [...]

On Sunday, we had our annual Christmas party with my mom’s side of the family. My contribution was to bring the cake, as usual, so I got the brilliant idea to contact my neighbor Kathleen and had her make us one of her wonderful, scrumpdilicious cakes. This time I had her make a carrot cake. [...]

My son has his school’s Christmas concert this morning and I brought my video camera along to capture the moment. Both my parents and my in-laws were able to attend. I was thrilled that both Little Miss Throwsafit and Littlest One loved it. They each sat calmly and watched as each grade got up to [...]

End User Blog has quite a few interesting kitchen gadgets, like this shopping list organizer: The SmartShopper, both in its original incarnation and a newer deluxe version, attempts to rectify some of the issues inherent in grocery list making (bad handwriting, missed items, multiple lists/requests) by centralizing the process. With voice recognition, auto-categorization, and a [...]

I have many favorite Christmas songs. They range from the traditional “I’ll be Home for Christmas” and “O Holy Night” to the fun “Mele Kalikimaka,” which I just downloaded as my ring tone by the way. But one song really gets me in the mood and makes me want to pick up one of my [...]

We spent some time at Bass Pro Shop today with the intention to seeing Santa. Well, the Santa part didn’t work out the way we planned. We arrived this afternoon, looked around the place, took a few pictures, and then grabbed lunch. It was after all this that we wandered over to Santa’s Wonderland to [...]

This photo is really interesting.  It was taken in the home of Secretary of War (it’s now Secretary of Defense) Newton Baker as he and his family gathered around the Christmas tree. The quality of the negative is not bad and you can still see the important aspects of American life on the cusp of [...]

If you’re looking for a Christmas gift for your kids that embodies what Christmas is about, I would recommend Glenn Beck’s The Christmas Sweater picture book. My mom got it for my boys as a birthday present (theirbirthdays are one week apart in November) and it is such a nice book. The illustrations are colorful and lively and [...]