Tag Archive | "kids"
For Your Little Builder
Need some cool gift ideas? Lookie what I found– the MEGA Brands toy store! They have some really neat stuff! You can search by age category, toy brand, type of toy, and by price. The website is really cute and interactive, too. Kids would LOOOVE it. There are free games to play on the site, [...]
Continue reading...We Won First Place!
Friday, November 7, 2008
OMG OMG OMG!! We are celebrating in the house today!! We won first place with PayU2Blog’s “My Hometown” video contest!! I am absolutely flipped, totally totally thrilled! This was such a fun contest and I have to laud my children who did a great job with the skit! Here’s our video in case you didn’t [...]
Continue reading...Cat Scratch Fever
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Our new kitten, Olivia, has more than doubled her size now! She was originally the runt of the litter, and you could hold her in one hand at 8 weeks. She is now quite the two or three handfuls, and her Siamese heritage is starting to show, too. She knows her name, but her most [...]
Continue reading...Having a Ball
Saturday, September 6, 2008
I bought one of those huge exercise rubber balls, to aid in my at-home physical therapy sessions for my ailing back. Years ago, I’d seen these big balls at my physical therapist’s. I can’t express the utter, utter relief of laying across one of these balls. It was the only thing that really brought comfort [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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- Mrs. Mecomber: Marg-- good advice. At the time, however, we were ...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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