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Ok, so yesterday my daughter got her report card..so it was not her usual straight A's..mostly B's..I am not thrilled with that- she is in accelerated classes and we expect more than that. I asked if she was proud of it and she said no..ok..good so work on it, improve..move on right?...Wrong- homework not completed. HUH? How is THAT possible.? I see the book..we cross it off as she does it..it's done...I ask..what is this about? Well mama..in 3rd grade we hardly got any homework.and in 4th there… Continue

ok,...so yes it's been a while. I am thrilled to see the site back again! If you recall, we bought a new house..the closing is in January and we were up last week to see the progress..we have been going quite a bit lately..my scrapbook looks kinda cute...I have pics from the day we picked out the lot (in the snow) and put the push pin on the map, to now..which is finally frame and we have WALLS!!!!!! Woohooo! We did the first walkthrough a couple of weeks ago and checked out all the electrical a… Continue

Well..we hit temps close to 100 this weekend..it was rather WARM! We had plans to head down to Jersey to see my mother in law and brothers in law. But because it was so warm we decided to hit Atsion Lake for a while first. I had never been there, and although my husband grew up right next door he hadn't been to the lake in over 25 yrs! WEll..at first it was a little strange.my husband told me it was cedar water..I had never seen anything like that. The lake is surrounded by cedar trees and the c… Continue

So every summer here in the city they have a ton of free stuff going on ..and because our lives here are oh so empty and since we have practically NOTHING to do (please note the sarcasm!)..we decided that this summer we were going to hit the local park and see the movies on Monday nights and the concerts on Thursday nights. Last week we saw the Glenn Miller Orchestra, which happens to be one of our faves. They opened the series with a little pre-4th of July show and then closed with a half hour… Continue

Well, all I can say is I AM SO GLAD JUNE IS OVER!!!!!!!! Ok, so the month was exhausting, but mostly fun. Kait was so excited to have her party at the American Girl Place in Manhattan. She had an incredible time. Her friends had been talking about it for weeks. I posted some pics so you can all see. I made Kait's dress by the way. This is the fabric I had posted about earlier. All you need to do is sew the seamline down the side..SEW easy! Except for one thing..I couldn't find my sewing machine… Continue