Who Puts Cheese on Pie?
Our family recently had dinner with family friends when hubby's mom visited from out of town. After a nice meal, our hostess offered us some homemade pie - rhubarb or apple. When she brought it all to the table, she brought along a brick of cheese. Now, I have to tell you, she makes wonderful pies. I decided to have a small piece of each (yes, I love pie) as well as a small piece of the cheese (yes, I love cheese). DH had filled up on the meat and potatoes so he passed on both the pie and the cheese.I realize the point of the cheese being served alongside was because many people put a piece of cheese on top of their apple pie. Me? Nope. I'm not closed minded, it just i

Thanksgiving Can Be Affordable
Lately I haven't been as good about clipping coupons as I could be. It isn't that I don't like doing it, I just haven't put forth the effort. In reality, with the economy what it is, I should be focusing even more than I used to.My frugal tendencies are nothing new... Just the other day, hubby was recounting a story for my dad. Way back in the day when Prodigy was one of the few places online to gather for information and trading coupons, I was a very active coupon-clipper. I traded the baby and pet coupons from the Sunday paper for household products and cereal. It was not uncommon for me to get loss-leader cereal for nothing or next to nothing. Actually, I purchased

Boys Need Bonding Too
After trick-or-treating with my brother and sister-in-law, we sat around their kitchen just socializing. My cousin and his family live in their neighborhood also and stopped inside to warm up during their trek around back home. My cousin's wife reminisced about their recent trip to Chicago to American Girl to celebrate their daughter's birthday. They put together an entire weekend around the store!Over the past few years, more and more I hear of mother-daughter junkets to Chicago to the American Girl store. Chicago is a few hours from here so it's quite a trip just to spend the day at

Starting the Morning with a Jump
Mornings around here have been less than perfect. Miss K, I've discovered, is not a morning person. As I try to wake her up, she moans and says "not yet mom" and all I see is a teenager grumbling "Just five more minutes." Need I remind you that she's only in kindergarten... it's going

Winner - Eating Right Kids Gift Basket
It's always fun to give away stuff! Congratulations to the winner of the Eating Right Kids Gift Basket:"Janet and Maya" won with a bonus entry for blogging about this giveaway.