Holiday cards can be a tricky thing. There are so many choices to make… Photo or not? Which pictures to use? What card company to utilize to create that photo card? Should you include a letter or personal note? Handwrite or print labels? Even the stamps have to be selected…Mary & Jesus? Ornaments? Our photo card has
Yesterday’s post Dear Target got quite a small conversation going on FB last night! If you prefer being updated in your News feed, but haven’t “liked” Take 10 yet on FB, here’s a shameless plug quick link to my FB page: Take 10 with Tricia. I promise not to clog your News feed…99% of the
Having 3 kids in daycare also means having 3 kids with teachers. And each of them currently has 2 teachers. And then there are the directors and the piano teacher and the reading teacher and the list goes on and on. Teacher gifts can add up quickly around the holidays. This year I came across a
So what many of you already know very well (because you are a victim to my ways), some of you might not know. I cannot live without enjoy social gatherings. To the extent that I’m always planning them. Constantly. And my dear patient husband puts up with this. Constantly. As if our
I was rushing around the kitchen trying to get things ready for Stella’s b-day party and also trying to decide on this Saturday’s shout-out…what to do this week? Then I got a Facebook message from a distant relative (both in location and connection). She suggested I check out Cullen’s Abc’s on YouTube and on her
Today we went to the zoo for a bit. I love good kid snacks that are in on-the-go packaging. Our favorites are above…what are yours?
So I’m totally coming clean this week and fessing up…I hire someone to clean my house. (This is when most of you start hating me.) Weekly. (This is when the rest of you hate me and those of you from before hate me even more.) I’m not saying this to brag or one-up any of you. Now that
Last night we had a family dinner at Holy Grail restaurant on the other side of town to celebrate the Baptism of my cousin’s baby…the 16th great-grandchild. So by “family dinner” I mean 17 adults and 12 kids and not everyone was present. Andy was still in California on a business trip, so I decided to grab
From now until April 30th, Tuesday’s post will be named “Training Tuesday” and will follow my experiences training for a 10K…while still working, while still taking care of three children, while still getting chores accomplished at home, while still getting bills paid, while still finding time to blog, etc. How on earth will I fit
Laundry is a never-ending battle at my house – especially with three kids and one of them being an infant. I particularly hate laundry during the winter since our clothes are much heavier and “longer” – sleeves and pants instead of tanks and shorts – which then fills the washer up much quicker. Actually, getting the
So last night I had to take the girls to swim lessons by myself. I felt great about it because Andy was going to the Xavier game. Then it changed to Andy had to work late and I was still taking the girls by myself. Feeling great about it switched to dreading it. Selfishly it