After more than a decade at our current home, I know a few things are bound to go wrong sooner or later. We've been pretty lucky so far...

Recently I found some GREAT ideas on Pinterest that I tried out at home. One was a definite winner, and the other one, not so much! ...

Well, school has been out for a week now, and life is slowing down a bit. Last Friday for the kids' first day of summer break, we took ...

Soccer, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Running, Piano, more Soccer! This is my life right now. I have actually done a little spring project that...

My daughter was soooo excited yesterday about a book she checked out from the school library..." Cooking the French Way " Didn...

Last month I thought that when the kids started back to school, I'd have much more free time on my hands. HA!  That was a fantasy. Since...

As a journalism major in college, one of the things our professors talked about over and over was verifying sources of information. I must b...

Yes, I have been MIA for a while. I clicked on my blog today & was surprised to see the cute background - it's been so long, I even ...

I am just amazed at all the moms out there who are able to get their kids to things ON TIME. School.... Soccer.... Band.... Gymn...

Well, we've made the big decision...that's right, later this year we'll be joining the masses and making the trek to Florida to ...

Faraway BFF was telling me the other day that her husband has been pestering her to make "New Year's Goals". Is there a differ...

Okay, so I took a little break over Christmas. But I'm BACK! And celebrating the new year with the funky disco ball look! 2011 will be ...

Who out there is familiar with the name davenport? (Yes, you geography experts are correct...there's a town on the eastern edge of Iowa ...

So the basement DID get cleaned up.  It is still a not-so-pretty unfinished basement, but at least it's clean.  Here are the "after...

I will have to explain the name of this post later...another time.  (There is a story behind the "Ugh-A" phrase.) Anyway, the tim...