Mother’s Day is in 2 days!!! I know what I’m getting my mother – some new bobbins for her sewing machine. She’s so used to having only a couple that she would never buy herself more, but I know she will use them. Now for what I want. I never know – I am the […]
Celebrations, Routines, & Traditions
A happy memory from my childhood is going on birthday outings with my Grandma. She would take me to lunch at a restaurant of my choice and then shopping to pick out a birthday gift. The birthday I remember best I chose to eat at RAX (which I haven’t seen in years – did they […]
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Here’s a great April fools’ trick from marthastewart.com. Tie a rubber band around the kitchen sprayer to give your kids and husband a surprise shower when they turn on the faucet! APRIL FOOLS!!! Here’s another good one…color milk with food coloring. Yum-yum! One time we asked my Grandma to make green macaroni and cheese. She […]
We have a family get together each month to celebrate any birthdays in that month. We usually eat lunch or dinner together and then have some sort of activity. My husband and I were in charge of the March party, and we decided we wanted to talk about how we met our spouses, etc. My […]
George Eliot wrote, “Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with […]
Apparently the true origin behind Valentine’s Day is not known for sure. One idea suggests that Valentine was a priest in Rome, and when Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than married ones, he declared it illegal for young men to get married. St. Valentine continued performing marriages in secret. When […]
I’m working on coming up with some ideas for Valentine’s Day on Thursday. Check back a little later!!! [photo from jupiterimages.com]
Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s 2008 already! Have you made your resolutions yet? I am a fan of goal making, not so much of “New Year’s resolutions.” Perhaps your New Year’s resolution could be to not make any more New Year’s resolutions but to set weekly or monthly goals instead! I like to […]
VanillaJoy wishes you all a very Merry Christmas!
