I’ll bet that plenty of you know that Minnie Mouse’s birthday is this week. Did you know that? I will admit I didn’t. But now I do! In honor of her birthday, Disney Junior is going to air a Minnie-Marathon on Friday November 18 and Saturday the 19th. Also, new short cartoons will be premiering [...]

(Editor’s note: today’s guest post is courtesy of Wozniacki, with some excellent insights on birthday expenses that can be cut without detracting from the celebration.) The basics of budgeting are simple enough. It’s just a matter of working out your essential spends, looking at the money you have coming in, and then trying to make [...]

Happy day, Internets!  This Friday we’re celebrating the 12th (eek!!) birthday of my older boys.  Hard to believe that they’re only a year away from beeing teenagers. As much as they drive me crazy, it’s still going too fast. I woke them up by singing Happy Birthday to You. Then I got the younger boys [...]

At about 11:30 last night, I went to check on the older boys and they were (surprisingly) still awake. Turns out they were trying to stay up until midnight so they could see the beginning of the new day. You see, today is their 11th birthday. Eleven years ago right now I was in the [...]

photo credit: ladybugbkt Well, it’s official. I’ve been a mother for ten years now. Ten. Years. It’s difficult to wrap my mind around that, and yet I know the next ten years will go even faster. I see parents of teens around the neighborhood and wonder if they’re enjoying their kids to the fullest. Are [...]

Today is my birthday. I’m planning to spend the day with quilting buddies at an all-day sewing event so Hubby, the boys, and my in-laws celebrated at dinner last night. The cake was delicious! Hubby had a baker make it and she calls it canolli cake. I’ll be enjoying that for some time to come. [...]