A chatty look at a 40 year old’s college freshman year, her kids, husband and other craziness
Another year has come and gone, where does the time go? Today is a crazy day, we are having our annual New Years party tonight and I’m trying to get ready for it. Tommy and his girlfriend Kelly ( who flew in from Wisconsin) are currently at the grocery store picking up all the [...]
I keep talking about doing a Christmas without gifts but that never seems to happen. I think that somewhere in-between gift shopping, wrapping, extra traffic, crowded malls, baking and decorating the house I’ve lost the true meaning of Christmas. I remember when I was a small child my parents would dress up like Mary and [...]
After a week of our live tree sitting in a bucket of water in the garage and two days sitting in the living room without any lights, I can officially announce our tree has lights on it. Instead of doing our usual white twinkle lights Tom decided to use some new color LED lights that [...]
I decided to do something new this year, I brined our turkey.
I found this recipe here, and what a disaster it’s turned into. I had to wait forever for the cooked brine to cool down, I finally started dividing up the HUGE amount of brine into every possible bowl in my house. Finally got it [...]
Thanksgiving prep is in full swing here at Club Carbone. I’ve made and froze; stuffing, carrots and turnips mash, 4 pies, 4 doz. rum balls, 3 doz. sugar cookies and 2 loaves of banana nut bread. I’ve cleaned up the bonus room, (for one or two of the boys to sleep in while others have [...]
People who know me know that I like to get things done quickly or not at all. Our flag holder had come off the house during a hurricane a few years ago and I’d never put it back on. I looked at it the other day and then determined what needed to be purchased and [...]
Can I tell you how much I love my cleaning schedule? Why didn’t I discover this 20 years ago when I was first married?? Now everyday I have 1-3 chores to complete and when I’m done I can then do some laundry, if I feel like it, or tackle a bigger project. Sunday I cleaned [...]
If you count the days surrounding today you’d be amazed at the life changes going on in my life. Last Saturday night my dear sweet grandmother passed away, she would turn 93 one week from today. She was a strong vibrant woman who raised 10 kids during the hardest of times. I am flying home [...]
Olivia will be 14 soon and I can’t believe how quickly the years have flown by. Yesterday we went shoe shopping for her first pair of high heels, she is going to the semi formal 8th grade dance next week and didn’t have the right shoes. Every pair she tried on seemed to be “hooker [...]
Tom and I spent HOURS working in the yard today. We only had to go to Lowe’s 3 times which I think is a new record. We have some large potted plants inside the pool screen and this winter the palm trees froze in the frigid temperatures (yes it was cold, for weeks!) and we [...]