Super Mario Brothers. A Tradition?

I love video games and I have since I was a kid.  The first game I played was Pong on my cousin’s Atari. My family then got a ColecoVision and after that we got an Nintendo Entertainment System, we then had a Sega Dreamcast and as I got older I got an XBOX 360 (with Kinect)…

10 Things For $10 On Etsy That You’ll Love

Ok, anyone who can count can see I only have 9. I apologize but at 3×3 grid looked so much nicer and the 10 for $10 sounded so much better. What’s a girl to do?

Wordless Wednesday – Snow Quiet

How I Made a Four Layer “Cake” out of Marshmallows and Cereal.

My oldest requested a four layer marshmallow fondant cake back in June.  Her birthday is in January so I happily agreed to make one, thinking she might forget.  Fast forward six months and just days before her actually birthday when she reminds me that I’m going to make this four layered masterpiece for her party….

Re-energize a Wooden Railway for Older Kids

Over the years we’ve collected tons of wooden railway pieces.  My girls used to love to set up tracks and move the trains around but over the last year or so interest had wained so much so that I considered donating or selling the set.  Then I discovered the battery powered motorized engines that are…

Chris’ Delicious Whole Wheat Pancakes from Scratch

Over the summer we had the opportunity to go away for a week with friends to the Delaware bay.  It was there that my breakfast making forever changed.  I learned how to cook bacon in the oven (a whole pound in under 20 minutes but I’ll leave that for another post) and I also learned…

Wordless Wednesday

Back to Work

I’ve greatly enjoyed my time off with my girls and living a life of leisure but I’m back to work today and going to make the best of the first Monday of 2011. I hope you all have a great day!

Merry Christmas to all!

I hope your day is filled with wonder.

Disposing of Old Disks

As you can see I have a huge stack of old disks, DVD and CD alike that I have collected over the years.  Most of these have either really old applications or are old data disks that are scratched.  All of them are completely unusable so I’ve been struggling with what to do with them….