A layout for each of my boys

Speed it up with Digital Templates

did you say ALLENwrench?

New Bundle of Scrapbook Page Sketches
Happy Friday! Here's a new sketch bundle. download pdf with sketches & measurements download zipped file with layered psd files/templates

Homemade game that makes a great gift for young children
(and that you can make with your children)When my children were younger, we liked to have small homemade gifts for their friends who visited during the holidays. Each year we'd figure out and begin making the gifts. Usually in a small assembly-line process that we left set up for a week as we got all the work

Make a Thanksgiving gratitude album from an old book
Use this book as a Thanksgiving gratitude book or insert a different title and use it as an album or journal. For a gratitude book, Include a page for everyone at your table and have them record what they’re grateful for this year. Later, include a photo of each person next to their gratitude. Begin a tradition -- make one each year so you can look back on your blessings over the years.

Gratitude Blog Hop is on its way
It's coming... Nov. 19th-25th

Why you should learn at least a smidge of economics
Neil's been grading papers and yesterday he told me about a current student who doesn't see the value in studying economics. When he came home from last night's town council meeting (which I watched on our local cable access channel) I pointed out that if this reluctant student learned some economics then he can avoid the following.If he learns at least a little economics then he won't write and read a long and painstakingly crafted letter to his town council during public comments that advises them to: stop developing the downtown and get some restaurants that serve something other than pizza. This is not an infrequent public comment --