My brother, Mike, is getting married in October and his fiancee, Kathryn, had her family shower in Columbus, Ohio last Sunday. During the shower, we were asked to give her marriage advice. She got a lot of really good advice about the marriage, but none about the wedding. So that’s what I’d like to do [...]
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Webcam photos
My seven year old sat down in front of my computer because he wanted to see himself on the screen using the built in webcam. I turned it on and watched as he made funny faces at himself. Soon curiosity got the best of the other two and they came over to see what Little [...]
Has it really been this long since I’ve posted?
Sheesh, I can’t believe this much time has passed since I’ve updated this blog. Bad blog mommy. I’ll be honest, though. There have been many days when I’d say to myself, “I really need to post something at Up North Mommy,” but then I’d get distracted with something and then, swoosh, the idea went right [...]
Weekend fun
The kids and I had a lot of fun this past weekend. Little Man had the day off of school this past Friday because it was records day for the teachers. My friend Michele’s older son, J, also had the day off of school, so she and her two boys came over and spent the [...]
Sweet Sammy
On July 4th, Steve and I will be married for 12 years. It’s been a fun and wacky ride all this time but we’ve had one constant through it all, and that is our Golden Retriever, Sammy. Sammy, short for Samantha, was about 16 months old when Steve and I had our first date. The [...]
Merry Christmas from the Priestap family
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 [...]
Christmas party cake
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. [...]
Tea party
On Saturday Little Miss Throwsafit and I went downtown and had a tea party at a little tea house call the British Tea Pantry. We had a wonderful time. She looked so cute taking little delicate sips of our Rooibos Sweet Sin tea from her china tea cup. For lunch she had macaroni and cheese [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I hope you have a wonderful day with your friends and family. Today we are going to my parents’ house where we’ll have Thanksgiving dinner with them. Although we are experiencing an economic upheaval there is still much to be thankful for. I am thankful for the unconditional love [...]
Happy Birthday, Little Man
Today is Little Man’s seventh birthday. I still can’t believe how old he is now. He’s in the first grade and is really enjoying himself. We celebrated tonight with our family, my parents and my father in law (my mother in law is in Florida taking care of her step mother who is dying). Here [...]
