RickandSusanna

Cute, affordable little girl’s hair clips are hard to find, or at least that is what I have found. Last night I decided to check out Gymboree’s website and was excited to find they have a wide variety of hair bows, etc and they are not badly priced either! Go check them out here! Only [...]

I have still remained in contact with the director of the maternity home I became interested in a few months ago and had almost entirely given up on anything happening there when I got an email last night saying there is a finally a resident at the home again for the first time in a [...]

I hardly ever watch videos on You Tube and have not laughed so hard in a long time as I did last night watching this song called, “You’re No One If You’re Not On Twitter” or more simply, “The Twitter Song.” My favorite lyrics are: “You’re no one if you’re not on Twitter And if [...]

Ellie with Great-Grandma Wilder Being in Atlanta with family this past week made me reflect on some things, regrets I hope will bring change in the way my children view the relationship they have with their grandparents… I will readily admit I was careless in my love and concern for my own grandparents while they [...]

Me and my precious girl Well…I’d planned to update again with more pictures from Cape Cod or something…a post of some sort! It’s been a crazy week though as we prepare to leave for Atlanta tonight so anyways, just want one and all to know my updates will be few in the next week but [...]

Our last weekend trip before heading back to Atlanta for the week and returning our van to mom Rose saw us in Cape Cod. The weather was sunny, surprisingly warm and just signaled a perfect way to end our weekend adventures! I’ll try to post more pictures but here are a few favorites to start [...]

Well, after basically 8 months of carrying Ellie around in the Baby Bjorn Carrier when we are out, I finally decided she was getting too heavy so we went ahead and bought the doubles seat for the Phil & Teds stroller we already have. It arrived Tuesday and all I can say is that I [...]

She was telling me much about her life so I decided to be transparent about mine. I told her about my desire to volunteer at a maternity home and I could tell she was closing down and didn’t want to hear about it but I decided we were on my turf. I wanted to at [...]

Stimulus Package: 1 Trillion Dollars New Taxes: 1 Trillion Dollars Net Gain: zero What do you call taking a trillion dollars from some and giving a trillion to others? Redistribution of wealth. Federal Deficit as of today: 10.8 Trillion Stimulus Package: another Trillion in a single year Payment through new taxes: a trillion over TEN [...]

I have never been up on computer lingo. For example, the first time someone put “LOL” at the end of an email to me, I thought it was an abbreviation for “Lots Of Love.” In this particular email, this would have been appropriate. Then I saw it again and kind of freaked out because it [...]