If you were like me and purchased a (now discontinued) Barnes & Noble Nook Color when it came out years ago (November 2010, in fact!), then you pretty much have a brick sitting in your drawers right now.  Right? How about you take that outdated tablet and turn it into a Full Android 4.3.1 Tablet with Googlecontinue…

If you were like me and purchased a (now discontinued) Barnes & Noble Nook Colorwhen it came out years ago (November 2010, in fact!), then you pretty much have a brick sitting in your drawers right now.  Right? How about you Turn Nook Color Into Android Tablet WITHOUT ROOTING?! An honest-to-goodness Full Android 4.3.1 Tablet with Googlecontinue…

I don’t have many decorations up in my house, but the ones that are there are mostly due to my husband.  He’s got a very good eye when it comes to decorating.  (Shocking, I know.) If it was up to me, nothing would match and my pack rat tendencies would become bare for all tocontinue…

I have a daughter who just turned 5. I have a son who just turned 3. They are the best of friends.  On some days. They are the worst of enemies.  On some days. This mommy is their referee. When one is gone, the other misses. But sometimes, they have too much of each other.continue…

Here are the cousins and me.  I’m the pissed off looking one with the white tennis shoes. My cousin said I was mad because I probably didn’t get the ice cream I asked for.  He’s probably right. But I love everyone else’s outfits too.  My fave is my cousin’s teal sweats get-up. Also, my brother’scontinue…

If you’ve missed my FB post, you’ve missed a pretty earth-shattering update from our corner of the world… We did it.  After 5 years of homeschooling, we enrolled our girls in (public) school. {Cue music – Dan-dan-daaaaaannnnnnn!!!} School started last Wednesday.  Today’s Friday.  I’m SO exhausted! First, you’re probably wondering why they’re not in Catholiccontinue…

8 Flares 8 Flares × It’s back to school night and the husband and the oldest are in the auditorium for their 5th grade meeting. I’m outside with the two little ones in the kindergarten playground. The teacher in me wants to be in the auditorium asking questions, writing notes, and generally seeing what everything is about. But nowcontinue…

I’m not ashamed to say it. I lived in a time when people still watched movies in video tapes. When you had to push this button called “Rewind” after watching the movie. When a 3-hour long movie took two tapes – so you had to stop in the middle and put in the second one.continue…

This was one of my birthdays. Inside the second room of the to room apartment we lived in. That’s my cousins and me crammed into the room. Yes, there were no sofas.  That was actually the bedroom. It’s about the size of an average American master bathroom. The living/dining room is just about the samecontinue…

It’s not that I’m nesting or anything.  I just really got tired of having so much clutter everywhere. I understand the kids need toys for entertainment AND we are a family of readers…but… Do those toys and books have to take over every inch of space? Of course not.  After all…   PLUS, I noticedcontinue…