Just before summer our furnace stopped working. We put off on having it fixed until later in the year. We weren't going to need it and figured that it would give us time to set aside some money to get it fixed. We knew that it would be expensive...

This week is conference week. The kids get out early all week. Yesterday I had conference with the girls' teacher. Awesome news. Both have improved tremendously since the beginning of school. My son's conference was today. He's doing great,...

Yesterday we went to the aquarium. Now I'm reminded why we don't normally go on weekends. There were a ton of people there. Normally crowds don't bother me, but it seems like every rude person in the area was there on the same day. Seriously, is...

Ignore the mess. I get rather messy excited when it comes to crafts. This is almost done. The only problem we are having now is to find a cheap top hat.

Before 2 weeks ago I hadn't done anything with paper mache in years. I'm not obsessed with it. I've found so many cute tutorials on different things to mache with just some flour, water, and newspaper. As soon as this latest one is done I will be...