Clean socks are a privilege, not a right
I don’t use this blog anymore. I am past my prime of being an ‘influencer’ and I have found that having children with lives of their own, it is better to share less and let them run their own world. But. My firstborn turns 18 tomorrow and I am a bit overwhelmed by that. Being […]
A few thousand years ago, human beings discovered the technology that allowed them to build more and more sophisticated shelters from the elements. They went from crude shacks to edifices like Notre Dame and The Blue Mosque. Yet for some primal reason, we are still drawn to gathering in the outdoors where it is us […]
Last weekend, our son brought home a rather nasty bug. He bounced back fairly quickly but not before infecting his two sisters. Caitlyn was bedridden with it for most of the week and whiled away her time either sleeping or watching tv, and gaming. Tara decided that the couch was going to be her sickbed […]
The one thing I did not ever do for Crunchy Carpets was creating a newsletter or subscription service. My reasoning behind this was that I didn’t have enough content to share. I have always felt that a subscriber deserves a bit more than just a rehash that was on my site, and I was not […]
Yesterday we picked up a new car! It is a big deal for us. We have had our Pacifica (Goldie) for 12 years! Tara didn’t exist when we got this car! And while I am happy to get a more ‘modern’ car with all the bells and whistles, I felt like we were taking an […]
I (and my husband) have completely failed at parenting on many levels. None of them are big readers. None of them are big on Sci Fi. And my teenage son listens to rap music. Now I have no issue with the genre really. I actually enjoy SOME of the stuff and hey I was around […]
Caitlyn and I have been watching Dietland on AMC together. We are really enjoying it. It is doing a great job of tapping into the many issues that are hitting women of all ages, shapes, sizes, and demographics in 2018. It is based on Sarai Walker’s novel of the same name, which I have NOT […]
I just finished watching Walt Disney’s newest addition to their Signature Collection – Lady and the Tramp – with Tara and Caity. Caity had to leave when Aunt Sarah got all mean with muzzles and so on for poor Lady. Tara hung on but said she was sure she might cry later. As a family […]
Due to my hypocrisy and denial about my own addiction to the internet, last year I purchased a magical little box called ‘Circle.’ It is endorsed and or sold under the Disney name. I grabbed it on Amazon. The marketing for the product is geared towards those with younger children who are venturing into the […]
