My Shoestring Life

They do. And to say differently is silly.
This week, my employee, dear, sweet, lovely Judy is on a much deserved vacation. And I am here at the store working her days on top of mine and I’ve just about killed myself. After tomorrow it will be six days in a row. Thankfully, my sister-in-law [...]

well, not really. at least it’s highly unlikely.
I’ve been told by many people that it’s pretty close to impossible to break a toe. It feels really awful, but it’s probably just a bad sprain. I slipped in the locker room yesterday after getting the boys out of the pool. It just gets nasty slippery [...]

I have two full week days at home with my boys and we usually try to cram in a bunch of fun around laundry, errands, etc. Today is traditionally zoo day. I have a few friends who are also off on Fridays and we head to the zoo as a big group. (I think we’re [...]

Okay. I’ve never done a 3 yr. old check up before and I have to say, it’s a hoot.
I came face to face with how “grown up” my little boy is.
He got to step on the big person scale and watch the nurse slide the weight. Then, he stood tall to get his [...]

Had a smashing weekend, which was topped off by dining at our friends home. They recently purchased some land that was vacant behind their home and consequently have lake access and an nice wood pier. The kids thought it was a great idea to go swimming before dinner–the dads loved the idea of taking them. [...]

Outside the neighbors are shooting off fireworks. Not the little bottle rockets, mind you. The big, fly high and burst into a web of amazing color kind. So, who needs to drive anywhere and fight traffic to see a fireworks display?
Jerrod’s been off Monday and today, so it’s been a nice long, four [...]