It’s that time of year again, 100th day of school. Yesterday was the start of the week long theme for my kids. They use the whole “100” theme to really play on math concepts and talk about groups of ten, etc. Every year at least one of the kids has to bring in 100 of […]
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Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness With Marvy’s Pink Le Pens
Marvy Uchida is a proud sponsor of the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc® and now they’ve partnered to create this special pink Le Pen® which will benefit NBCF and help provide education and mammograms to women in need. Learn more about NBCF at www.nbcf.org and for the special pink Le Pen go to www.uchida.com. “Help […]
On the road with no internet
When I was a kid we went on quite a few road trips. We had one of those big conversion vans with the comfy captains chairs and the big couch on the back. We’d all pile in, 2 parents, 2 kids and 2 dogs. Whatever did we do to entertain ourselves in those long car […]
Find what makes you happy – a lesson I learned from my Grandmother
After over a year of injuries, illness and a complete change from her active lifestyle, my grandmother, Patty Barnard (aka Mamo) passed away last night – she just turned 90 a few days ago. She was an amazing woman full of gumption and gettup! Throughout her life she was active in a gazillion different organizations, […]
I’m 40 today – now what?
As of today, I’ve been on the earth for 40 whole years. I remember in my 20’s I thought 40 was so far away and a funny old people thing. Saggy bellies, minivans and suburban mom clothes. Really. You get to buy the black party supplies and joke about being over the hill. Now I […]
