A Few Money Saving Christmas Tips and a Contest

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Listed below are some tips on ways to save money at Christmas. It’s a little off topic, but I thought it might be helpful.  I wrote them for a contest I just found out about on the blog www.tothinkistocreate.com.  It’s a few things I’ve done and a lot of things that are on my ever [...]

Music and Daily Routines

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Our son will be 4 in a couple of weeks. Since he was in the womb, we have exposed him to music.  You might think that as trained musicians we have this structured regime. If you know me and how artsy I am, you know that structure is difficult for me. For the most part, [...]

Play and the Institution

Friday, June 20th, 2008

When I was a kid in the 70′s, I lived in a small town, we didn’t have cable, and the internet was unimaginable.  My sister and I spent our time playing with toys (the kind without batteries), making crafts and playing outside.  In the summer we had Vacation Bible School, at school we had 4-H, and [...]