ArchivesSeptember, 2010

I've been doing a lot of cooking with honey these days.  No, not that honey--my husband only cooks on the grill or the griddle.  Instead, I've been trying some recipes that include honey. When my neighbor and I attended a craft fair, we found a booth that sold local honey.  Each of us bought a Continue Reading

I'm pretty good at finding my way around this area.  While we have a GPS, I don't use it much, though it's nice to have if I make a wrong turn, so I can get back on track.  I'm old school; I'm happiest with a good map (and I know how to use one!) But Continue Reading

In addition to wearing a school uniform, my daughter is required to wear uniform shoes.  Every single girl in her school wears the exact same shoes.  The only way to personalize these shoes in any way is to put a penny in the little slot at the top of the loafer.  Thinking she was being Continue Reading

Mr. Third Grader's art teacher has officially earned the title of my Favorite Teacher--and I've never even met her! There's no such thing as no-spill, no-drip art, but that's a problem when your kids wear uniforms to school and keep ruining them with paint and other art media week after week after week.  And that's Continue Reading

That tall yellow flower you see growing on the edge of your yard?  It may be pretty, but it's pretty irritating to those of us who suffer from allergies.  That yellow flower is goldenrod. I've been allergic to it since childhood, and every fall we'd find it growing right under my bedroom window--but nowhere else Continue Reading

by Doug Desjardins Anxious to generate sales any way they can, retailers are getting an early jump on Halloween sales this year and hope to improve on a disappointing season in 2009. Just a few days after ending their annual Labor Day and End of Summer sales, mass merchants like Target and Wal-Mart were hanging Continue Reading

At the beginning of the school year, the high school hosted a freshman dance during the freshman parents' meeting.  After our meeting was over, all the parents headed to the school's courtyard to pick up our kids and take them home. I ran into a bunch of parents whose kids had been in class with Continue Reading

September 27 is Family Day! Bring out the nice dishes and have a special dinner with your family tonight. 15% off your purchase at Pfaltzgraff Some exclusions apply, see site for details. Enter coupon code NEXTPURCHASE. Valid through: September 30, 2010 See other Pfaltzgraff coupons! September 26 to October 2 is National Keep Kids Creative Continue Reading

We talk a lot about the best time of year to buy certain things.  But recently a full-year survey was completed that narrowed down the best deals even further: its results showed the best days of the week to shop!  Over 1 million sale items on the internet were included in this study, and here's Continue Reading

To me, a "sweeper" is something that cleans crumbs off the carpet.  But Mr. Third Grader spent half his summer watching World Cup Soccer, and I think the vuvuzelas got to him.  He loves soccer all of a sudden.  He'll spend hours in the yard, hopping around his soccer ball and practicing his "slide tackle" Continue Reading