Category: Family
Commercials are just advertisements
I’ve mentioned before that my twelve year old sometimes breaks out with acne. We’ve told him many times that this is normal and that he has to keep clean and maintain a regular routine. Does he listen? Not as much as we’d like. Last night we tried talking to him about the current breakout that’s [...]
The things we do for our children
This week the Parent Bloggers Network asked people to write any stories of extreme measures used to get a toy. I always try and get my kids the toys they want or the toys I think they’ll want and enjoy. I’ve never really done anything extreme to get a toy for my child, unless you [...]
One of the things teens have in common
As I watched my son play with the other kids last night it was easy to see that battling acne was another thing they all have in common. I’ve told TJ, and I believe, part of the best acne treatment is preventative. Drink water instead of sodas, keep your face clean, keep your hair clean [...]
I have a hero in my house
A couple of weeks ago my son TJ told me about a Guitar Hero tournament that was going to be run at the local Denny’s. Of course he signed up. He got a couple of friends to sign up too. Thursday night was the first night of the tournament. The tournament started at 10pm so [...]
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
We LOVE ice cream in my house. I simply cannot keep it in the freezer. We all have different favorites. My oldest loves plain chocolate. My youngest seems to like everything he’s tried so far. Hubby likes butter pecan. My all time favorite is chocolate cookies and cream, which I can’t find anywhere, so I [...]
A special baseball game at Yankee Stadium
I found a terrific story this week that I want to share. Recently the Bronx NY Little League Challenger baseball team and the New Jersey District 8 Challenger baseball team from Newark got a once in a life time opportunity. They were given the chance to play an exhibition game in Yankee Stadium during MLB [...]
Pork pork pork
Do you have anyone in your family that’s not the greatest sport? My hubby is a really sore loser, and my oldest TJ is just like his father. When I saw that Mom Most Traveled asked people to write a story about playing a game I remembered something funny and realized that my hubby and [...]
Anniversary update
I almost forgot to update you on the anniversary/birthday situation. I mentioned earlier that I only had one gift for hubby last weekend for our anniversary and his birthday and wasn’t sure what to do because my truck was broken. I thought I was going to have to give an IOU. Well. Hubby surprised me [...]
Why you shouldn’t look for header images with your hubby
I was looking for some images to use for a header for my review blog Val’s Views. I found about six vector images that I thought had real possibility on one site, another four on a second site. After getting them all up in different tabs I asked hubby to look at them to see [...]
Truck parts on order
Dad got under the hood of the truck and identified everything that needed replacing. He went to the auto supply store up the street where he was informed what my truck needs is available from the manufacturer only. Of course the dealer didn’t have them in stock, they may be in tomorrow. They are expensive. [...]
My funny cookout story
Deb’s having a contest over on Just A Mom’s Take On Things that reminded me of the funniest story. The prize is a Roseda Beef summer cookout kit including 20 Steakburgers and buns, a Roseda spatula and a Meat 101. (I’d love to review this, it sounds yummy.) Since I’ll be posting this story over [...]
IOU a 22nd anniversary gift
Today is my 22nd wedding anniversary. Yes, I’m still very peeved with hubby but I still love him. Anyway. My truck is out of commission, which means I’m stuck in the house today. It bothers me that I don’t have a gift for him today. I do have his birthday gift (his birthday is tomorrow) [...]
Best Day offers special needs kids an opportunity to have their best day
Time to Share Some Good Stuff! The good news that I found this week and want to share is taking place in Sea Bright, NJ which is not far from me, about a half an hour away. The nonprofit organization called the Best Day Foundation has announced that it is holding a two day beach [...]
Weight loss pills
I’ve come to a point where I’ve decided it’s time for me to lose weight. There was a point, about fourteen years ago, that I lost a lot of weight. At that time we were having problems and most of the time I was too depressed to eat. Once things started getting better I wanted [...]
Rust never sleeps
Mom and Dad just stopped by on their way home. Dad looked under the truck. Apparently the line rusted and let go. There’s brake fluid all underneath there, as well as some on the ground as well. He said he’ll have to replace several lines and that we were fortunate it broke while we were [...]
