This is Tom’s niece. She’s to the point where we need to child proof everything.

She’s feeling much more confident in pulling herself up and is figuring out standing on her own.

This is her first year of fireworks. Here she is snuggled up with mommy, btw.

And this is how she copes with the noise. [...]

My maternal grandparents lived at a lake all of my life… and all of my mother’s life, come to think of it.
That’s really neither here nor there.
The fact that they lived at a lake is important, here… not how long.
… ramble, ramble …
Anyway!! Pretty much every weekend that the water was warm enough my [...]

I might be done with my Christmas shopping.
I say ‘might’ because if Amazon flakes out on me again, I’ll be rushing around like a chicken with their head cut off to get new presents purchased and mailed out for my family in Canada.  With any luck, if that occurs, my brother’s family might receive their [...]

I still need two more people to participate in the GSE2007.
I mailed my socks today. And two other packages to a couple of lucky bloggers.
I took pictures of my sister and her ‘friend that is a boy’ today.
I took pictures of Elizabeth and Lauren on Saturday.
(yes, the photos are at the same location)
Tom [...]

C’mon y’all. I need 3 2 more people for my sock exchange.
I NEED FUN SOCKS!!
This is not a ‘blogging’ thing. You don’t have to have a blog to do this. If I didn’t have a blog to put it on, I’d be emailing y’all about it. Or calling you. On [...]

For not leaving the house today, we had a really full day.
Tom’s mom and sister came over this evening to bring us dinner. They hung around for a while so we could all hug and love and fuss over the baby, who is 6 weeks old!! Holy geez. Tom’s sister looks amazing. [...]

It was my birthday yesterday.
I turned 31.
*insert overly sarcastic jump for joy here*
I don’t have anything against my birthday, or turning 31 or birthdays in general.
I do get antsy when my birthday rolls around because I know I don’t have money to buy anyone anything for their birthday, so I feel bad if anyone buys [...]