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Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: April 13th , 2010… Outside my window…I see blue sky and sunshine and hear the birds chirping. The grass is newly aerated and seeded so hopefully in a couple of weeks we will have a fuller, greener lawn. I am thinking…that I despise using my computer right now because the […]
Someone from our gym found this article on the 27 Don’ts For Parents of Gymnasts that they were kind enough to share with us. I am posting it here, first and foremost as a reminder to me, (and hopefully for other parents as well) to always be positive and supportive, and keep the long term […]
It has been since January that I have done one of these posts. My reading time has been spent consuming Gone with the Wind and I did a series of posts about that book, separate from my standard “Book Review” post. After finishing Gone with the Wind I needed to go a little lightweight in […]
We have many, many, many photo albums in bins that I do not have access to from before my digital camera days. Joey has just started emptying them out and scanning them so that I/we/our whole family will have access to them. Thus, I get to take a walk down memory lane in new time […]
[image width=”300″ height=”200″ frame=”simple” align=”left”]http://www.startsateight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Button-Logo3.jpg[/image] This week for my It’s the Little Things Thursday my focus is on Chloe. She has done multiple “little things” over this past Easter weekend that stand out for me. To start out with, over the past few weeks she has spent countless hours locked in her room working on […]
Simple Woman’s Daybook FOR TODAY: April 6th, 2010… Outside my window…”Gray day, everything is gray. I watch, but nothing moves today.” Or how about “Rain, rain, go away, come again another day”. Or if you were Ava this morning “It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. He fell out of bed and bumped […]
Easter is here and thus the time honored tradition of Easter Egg Hunts. From Chloe at age 10 to Ava at 3, all of my children are looking forward to this. In fact, since last year we have had those plastic eggs floating around the house because Jayden and Ava hide them for each other […]
So, I have failed in my task to get Mr. Linky working over this past week. Today is the completion of our all consuming basement finishing project with the carpet being installed today. 🙂 I promise that by next week Mr. Linky will be up and running for all to participate in my, “It’s […]