I know it’s cliche’ to say “How time flies” and “Where did this year go” but I just have to say, I cannot believe that we have come to the end of this project that we started 1 whole year ago! I don’t know what I expected when we started it, I think I was hoping...

With the craziness of the season we have just completely slipped up on journal-ing our New Things – I think we left off on week 46 so we’re going to try and catch up in no particular order….. Angie - 2 of my New Things have involved the movies. My 5 year old was invited to a party at...

Angie – This week I finished a book that was out of my comfort zone, Science Fiction. Science Fiction is really, really not my thing, at all. But after picking it up and putting it down about 3 different times, extending the check out at the library once and trying it yet again, I finished it....

Angie – Yet another new recipe but this time it was an EPIC success! Epic! It’s not a difficult recipe but it does take a bit of prep work. If you like fish tacos, you will need to put this on your to – do list. Try it out and let me know what you think! Fish Tacos with Honey-Cumin,...

Angie – I drove on my first field trip. I tried to do this last year because I’m a bit of a car seat freak (Read: my about to be 5 year old is still in a 5 point harness) but it just never worked out to where they needed me. I was a nervous wreck every time she was gone, even when I arranged...

Angie - I attempted to go one week, well not even one full week really, I attempted to go 5 days without watching television. It was an epic fail. It’s pretty apparant that this household is pretty reliant on the television – Not just me, but I use it as a crutch to help me out with the girls...

Angie - I tried another new vegetarian recipe and it was a FAIL. I wanted spaghetti with meat sauce so instead of using hamburger meat, I used some type of soy/protein crumbles. While it looked like regular hamburger and didn’t actually taste bad the texture was just off. Almost mushy. I have texture...

Angie – I volunteered to be Room Mom. This is a task that I have always shied away from, it’s something I wanted to do but didn’t want to over commit and fail my child (and the teachers and other mothers.) When the Munchkin started pre-school the twins were new, only about 5 months...

Trish - My new thing this week was a money challenge.  I budgeted a very slim week to try to save a little moola.  It sucked.  But I did it and it’s a nice reminder of how grateful I should be for being able to buy that extra little stuff here and there. Angie - This week I’ve implemented...

Trish - My new thing this week was not overdoing it.  I love a party, and when it comes to planning one or both of my kids’ birthday parties, I tend to get nutty.  This year the theme was “No theme, laid back fun.”   And it was just those things. Angie - This week I got crafty…...