Frosty Mugs

Back in 2001, when we lived in Las Vegas, I ended up with a glass mug from A&W. Best known for their rootbeer, the fast food chain also sells hamburgers, hotdogs and a variety of slushy drinks involving their soda. I think it’s a primarily West Coast thing, because I don’t recall seeing [...]

Vocab Word(s) of the Day: Mistress. And Bastard.

I’ve had some great historical fiction books kicking around here. Young Royals Boxed Set: The Tudor Women (Young Royals) It’s for girls 12 and up, and I had read them myself for content but was a bit hesitant to read them to Naturalist…because there is no way to sugarcoat what kinds of shenanigans were [...]

Thanks Santa!

While dipping oreo’s in melted chocolate and writing letters to Santa, The Golfer wrote down a short and sweet sentence. No long lists for him…he just wanted two things this year:

Namely, the video game ‘Heatseeker’ for the Wii, and ’so I won’t be sick.’
The Golfer is a born worrier, and it’s quite [...]

Introducing….

The latest additions to our family…
gerbils? No!
Guinea Pigs? No! (surprisingly, since that’s what hubby went out to get on Christmas Eve!)
Hamsters? YES!!!
I present to you the cutest, sweetest rodents around town…
Calypso, named and claimed by The Naturalist. She is found most often burrowing into the bedding.

Tiger, named and claimed by [...]

Over so soon?!?

Can Christmas really be over? No, I can’t accept it! I’ll stay in denial until January rolls around and we wear out the new toys.
Christmas Eve was a beautiful, silent night…full moon, snow on the ground, hot chocolate in the house, christmas carols being played and chocolate oreo’s being dipped.

I love [...]

Christmas Eve in the House!

We’re all* very excited chez Child’s Play! Tonight’s the night!
I already know what Santa is giving me this year…a massive, Holiday worthy case of PMS. In fact, he already delivered it a few days ago! Yeah!
And FYI, here’s what not to say to a PMS’ing woman a couple [...]

Hamster OR Gerbil*?

*by gerbil, I think I mean ‘guinea pig’. So now I’m really confused. Anyways…
Hubby and I are at a crossroads with our Christmas surprise gift for the kids. What we thought we were going to do for the kids has suddenly become not really what they’d want.It seems being foster parents to the [...]

Christmas Activities

I can’t believe there are only 3 days left until Christmas!!!!!
I may or may not be ready…I’ve had to take precautionary measures and hide all the kids presents at friends house, because The Naturalist makes it her life’s work to ferret out every hidden present at my house. She doesn’t do it obnoxiously…more like, [...]

Winter Solstice

Or…How I’d Know It Was The Shortest Day of the Year, Even Without Someone Telling Me.
I’ve always admired how ancient civilizations were so sophisticated in their knowledge of celestial events like Solstice, simply by using their intimate understanding and finely tuned connection to the natural world around them.
I do not possess those hypervilgilant [...]

Opposites Attract

Me: on the left.
Hubby: on the right.
Yin and Yang doesn’t even begin to describe it. He’s #1 logical…I didn’t even get that on the board, my scores were so low. I’m extroverted, he’s introverted. What’s that song…”You say to-mah-to, I say to-may-to…”. Well, instead of calling the whole thing [...]