Just received 2 nice coupons in my email from Kodak. Spend $30 and receive 25% off your order. Use code GOBBLE25 Spend $50 and receive free shipping. Use code FREE2SHIP Here’s the fine print for both. Note that they can only be used once per customer so put together your big Christmas order now. * [...]
I will sometimes complain about the 7am hockey practices because I am NOT a morning person. But in all honesty, once I’m up and moving I really enjoy it. The house is quiet, I’m getting some special kid time taking the boys to the rink, and occasionally we get a beautiful morning like this one. [...]
Saw a post on Digg the other day for some great kid photos. Here is one of my favorites. This is such a simple idea, but I never would have though of it. I’m guessing he stands on a step ladder in order to get such a good overhead angle of the shots. I’ll have [...]
We stopped at another ice rink this week for an impromptu snowball fight in the warm weather. The thermometer hit 60 that day, but now its cold enough to get a little snow in our own yard. Sorry for the poor quality photo. This was a cell phone pic. Next time I upgrade cell phones [...]
We’ve been getting a lot of hits on my backyard ice rink post so I thought I’d add some more tips. Location, location, location. Besides finding a flat spot, examine your yard early afternoon and see where the shadows are. Our rink is actually in the front yard since that is the north side. The [...]
Over the years I’ve been slowly replacing the pine on the walls of our basement with mildew resistant sheetrock. I’ll never forget the first time we opened up a wall and discovered what had been used for insulation…packing peanuts! I have no idea how they got them to fill the cavities. I can only guess [...]
I think I can officially say I hate Thanksgiving now. Last year my grandmother was driving home from having Thanksgiving dinner at our house and she was hit by a guy on drugs and died 2 weeks later from the horrible injuries she suffered. I can’t tell you how awful it was and I am [...]
Here are Huggalugs leg warmer things I’d like to try with Jamie. I think they are novel and trendy BUT the main appeal for me is that they won’t be outgrown right away. Right now the tights I have for Jamie are either too small or they are too big and baggy. These have the [...]
I never put up any pictures with my first post about this cool puffy paint so here are some pictures of our second time using it. All you do is mix roughly 1/2 glue & 1/2 shaving cream to make a thick puffy paint that dries great. This time we made 2 colors by adding [...]
When we were shopping for our house one of our requirements was to have a little property. When I was a kid I spent hours playing and exploring the woods and wanted my kids to have the same opportunity. I sometimes get wrapped up in my DIY projects and forget that though so this fall [...]
