Do you like my thrifted sheets? A twin set (white) that has never been used, and how about polka dots? (Total: $4.25.) Here’s my current list of fabulous things: 1. rick rack 2. ball fringe (which I now have a nice stash of, on account of DIL Natasha going shopping on “embellishment road” in… Read More »
Bridal shower gift, thrifted, boughten, and homemade.
Is it just me or has the price point on bridal shower gifts been ratcheted up to a new level? These days I’m a little shocked to see some stickers on the offerings. I mean, you don’t see the sticker but, having looked at the registry, you know very well what the price was. What… Read More »
Ask Auntie Leila: I feel guilty not working!
Dear Auntie Leila, I had part-time job. I liked it. When my baby got a bit older and my husband started traveling, that little job was the greatest source of anxiety and worry. It took away my peace and made me into the kind of mother I never wanted to be: frantic, weary (in all… Read More »
Chatty
Last week was just so nice. Will had to go back to school right away, but Suzanne got her spring break at last — a much needed rest for a busy schoolteacher! We enjoyed the springing of spring. We had what for Mama (and Bridget) is the ideal respite — enjoying just being home and… Read More »
Library Sale
Our local public library has a quarterly book sale, and this time around I not only remembered to put it on my calendar – we even remembered to go! I love library book sales, don’t you? There was an epic (semiannual?) one at the library where I lived in Virginia – they had twenty-five-cent paperbacks… Read More »