So.  We ventured for the day to North Chagrin Reservation, part of the Cleveland Metropark system.  I’ll tell ya…Ohio has some of the most beautiful parks!   We were all set for a day of family bonding and fun (Water: Check.  Munchies:  Check.  Bug Spray:  Check.   Cameras:  Check)  and it went really well…well, until we got [...]

Okay, so you’ve probably guessed this is a post about my daughters senior prom…lol.  I’m posting all the important schtuff women want to see….dress, nails, shoes, hair….
and while waiting for her date we took a bazillion shots…and she even shot some (hoops) herself, lol.   And last but not least…her and her date.  
I cannot believe how [...]

As my daughter, my firstborn, prepares for college, I thought I’d make a list of things I’d love for her to learn while she is away.  These are all attainable and will probably be learned very quickly!
1.)  The shower doesn’t clean itself.  There’s no magic fairy that comes in and scrubs the scum or washes the [...]

Yeah so once we lost our minds and (as a past Christmas gift) put texting on Kaylee’s cell…you know because everybody has texting.  And if she jumps off a cliff because her friends do….we’d think that was okay too.  (OMG!  I’m kidding….don’t call Children and Family Services!)
I got her the 750 text per month plan.  [...]

Amor Vincit Omnia
Sounds beautiful, doesn’t it? 
The phrase Love Conquers All (Latin: Omnia vincit Amor, also written amor vincit omnia ) originally appeared in Eclogue X of the Eclogues, a series of poems by Virgil (70 BC – 19 BC). 
Also, the English translation of the Latin Amor Vincit Omnia, a painting by the Baroque artist Michelangelo [...]

Ahhh, I seemed to have passed down to my daughter, the ‘bad driveway driving’ gene.  Today the kids decided to go to the mall.  Kaylee would drive her, her friend and Alan and Middle Child.  So a minute after getting into the car, she comes back into the house.
“Ummmm, mom? I was backing out and [...]

So Kaylee (aka Thelma *original story here) went to court this afternoon.  She was a little nervous and came prepared with $100 hard earned dollars for her anticipated fine.
The Judge (Mayor) asked her about her school, grades, homelife, that kind of stuff.  She answered as I had hoped with a ‘yes,sir’ and a ‘no, sir’.  [...]