Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Baby’s First Ornament

posted by K | filed under Family, Ruby | 3 Comments

When we were kids, my sister and I each had our own special Christmas ornament. Both were painted wood angels, mine with blonde hair and a blue dress, Kelly’s with light brown hair and a pink dress (like Mary and Laura Ingalls), and our names were painted on them in black calligraphy. We each had [...]

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

A-Shopping We Go

posted by K | filed under Shopping Disease | 4 Comments

For the past couple of years, my shopaholism has been, if not cured, at least kept somewhat in check. I still have too many shoes, but I rarely buy new ones. I’ve had the same cell phone almost three years. My maternity wardrobe was unvaried and cheap, and my current post-baby, flab-hiding wardrobe is patched [...]

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Christmas Future

posted by K | filed under Pregnancy | 2 Comments

Last weekend, I got the urge to put up the Christmas tree. Yeah, I know it’s not even Thanksgiving yet (my family’s tradition has always been to put up the tree the day after Thanksgiving), but I’m one of those people who gleefully switches the radio to Magic 96.5, the all-Christmas-music-station, the moment November begins. [...]