Friday night our town kicked off the Christmas season with the lighting of the trees that line the street downtown.  Most of the shops that lined the street were open to show off their hot products for Christmas. People milled up and down the street enjoying the evening.  Wood burning fires in metal garbage cans [...]

Don’t you just love it when you have a day when things just seem to go well? Today was one of those days for me. Oh, there were hiccups. Littlest One still pulled Little Miss Throwsafit’s hair. A lot. He also had a crying fit. But on the whole, today was a good day and [...]

I went to Traverse City yesterday. It felt so good to get to a larger city and go shopping at Grand Traverse Mall. I got cute jeans and matching shirts for Little Miss Throwsafit at Target and clothes for all three kids – on sale! – at Gymboree. They had the cutest cowboy themed clothes [...]

Little Man will be entering kindergarten in early September. On the one hand I’m so excited for him. On the other, I’m sad because, since kindergarten is all day, every day, I feel as if he will be going on with a part of his life without me. It makes me think about how fast [...]

Today Little Miss Throwsafit, Littlest One, and I took a drive to Gaylord to do some shopping for a few things I needed for the livery. Gaylord is an hour away, but it has everything I need. Wal-Mart. Home Depot and Lowes. The Old Spud Warehouse. When you go to Gaylord, you must take time [...]