Lucky Dorito

Well hello there!! I’ve been neglecting my blog for several days…. more than usual, that’s for sure. I’ve been pretty darn busy though, traveling to two different events over the course of 5 days – and putting about 700 miles on my van. Whew! I’m just darn near tuckered out!
First, I worked a half day [...]

In my mind, I associate Valentine’s Day with red hearts and flowers, chocolate and love notes.  A Hallmark holiday designed for sharing your love with those important to you.
Right?
But I suppose expressing your love can come in all shapes and sizes.
Like this:

A precious home-made gift from Beebo. Can you tell what it is?

What? Don’t spiders [...]

This year was by far one of the best birthdays…. definitely one of the SWEETEST.
My precious friend Shannon sent my this fun package:

At first glance,  I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at…. the treasure was well hidden:

But when I peeled back the *hay*, underneath were some serious YUMMMIES:

Can you say DIVINE?

Mmmmm, mmmmm, good.
Then…..
Midmorning [...]

Can you guess where we went?

My daughter cracks me up! I received this email yesterday from Beebo:
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You have a typo in your blog.
This is the sentence the word is mis-spelt in:
And one time, sitting around the kitchen table celebrating Suki’s birthday with a houseful of family, I when to throw something in the garbage and a mouse [...]

We’ve been out playing in the snow.
Fun, fun, fun!

Dear Luby,
I can’t believe it’s already been TEN years since you joined our family! You were such a stinker, arriving 2 weeks early. I’ll never forget it:
I had carefully planned it all out. You were planned to arrive on December 14th during a scheduled C-section (which was a few days prior to your actual due [...]

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday – since it’s all about family and food! What could be better than that? I mean, don’t get me wrong…. presents at Christmas are nice and all but, there is so much less stress on Thanksgiving. In my opinion anyway. Maybe had I hosted the whole [...]

Thirteen Things I am Thankful for this year (in no particular order):
1. My husband, the fabulous Mr. Lucky

2. My thoughtful and kind oldest daughter, Suki

3. My generous and soft-hearted second daughter, Beebo

4. My funny and carefree youngest daughter, Luby

5. The animals that live with us

6. My bestest friend in the world, Shannon

7. My [...]