Home made gifts…endearing or just plain cheap?
By Maryellen Hooper
/ May 30, 2009
I would rather receive a home made gift than anything bought (or re-gifted) from any store. (Except Anthropologie. A gift from that store wins my affection for life!) I can only hope the recipients of MY home made gifts feel the same way. My twin nieces, Hope & Paige’s 8th birthday was coming up, so […]
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Weekend at Grandma’s
By Maryellen Hooper
/ May 19, 2009
"Over the river and thru the woods..." Well, it's more like over the highway and thru the gridlock for an...
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Lake Tahoe part 2
By Maryellen Hooper
/ April 29, 2009
I've done some research and I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt...Converse All-Star sneakers ("Chucky's" to the...
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Easter in Lake Tahoe
By Maryellen Hooper
/ April 20, 2009
"I promise, Nate...the Easter Bunny will know you're in a hotel room in Tahoe." A very skeptical Nate, "How?" "Well..."...
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Mommy’s hats…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ April 4, 2009
One of the hardest things about having boys is reassuring their Dad "...it's OK if he likes to play dress...
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Back into the swing(set) of things…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ April 1, 2009
The "painting of the house" phase of the swingset installation has begun. We have an entire crew working on every...
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Sometimes you just have to say, “Uncle”…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ March 23, 2009
OK, I'll say it, "Uncle...Uncle...UNCLE!!!" I'm sick. Not just, "Oh, I've got a horrible cold." kinda sick. The kind of...
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
By Maryellen Hooper
/ March 18, 2009
At the risk of sounding like Julie Andrews... These are a few of my favorite things: This is an...
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Oh, a hunting we will go…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ March 12, 2009
Thrifting to me is the same as breathing air...I need it to live. Luckily, (or not so luckily) Mark is...
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Swingless in Celebration…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ March 8, 2009
It's not the destination, it's the journey. Which is a nice way of saying: "Swingset is still not up yet."...
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Update on the carnage…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ March 6, 2009
I am pleased to announce that the butterflies are all happy and doing well. Except the one that's "sleeping" on...
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A wonderful X-mas gift gone horribly wrong…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ March 4, 2009
Don't judge a Christmas gift by it's box... Christmas is more like Hanukkah in our house. Gifts start arriving in...
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My Ramshackle-Solid Friendship with Julia.
By Maryellen Hooper
/ March 1, 2009
Sometimes you make a new friend just in the nick of time... I was a new Mom. I didn't know...
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It all started with a swingset…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ February 25, 2009
You think I'd learn by now: There are NO small projects in our house. Say it again...there are NO small...
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Things I never thought I’d have to do…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ February 22, 2009
I hate snakes. No, "hate" isn't a strong enough word. I loathe snakes? Despise snakes? Nope. That doesn't cover it....
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JUMPING OFF THE DEEP END…
By Maryellen Hooper
/ February 19, 2009
OK, so I've started to write the first post in my blog several thousand times...in my head. And that's exactly...
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