Family Finances

At the end of each year, my husband and I review the prior year and make plans for the upcoming year. We do this separately at first and then together. Finances are one of the areas that we cover. The … Read More

Wordful Wednesday: Handprints Poem

Here are the words that were on the back of Michael’s handprint: Sometimes you get discouraged Because I am so small And always leave my fingerprints On furniture and walls. But every day I’m growing – I’ll be grown some … Read More

On My “Not-To-Do” List for 2009

In the “Your Words” section of the January ’09 Real Simple issue, the question for the month was “What is on your not-to-do list for 2009?” I’ll share more about my New Year goals/resolutions in a later post, but I … Read More

Eight Updates

It has been eight weekdays since I last blogged. I’m happy to be back! So, here are eight things that have happened over at the Coleman household while I’ve been “on break”: 1. Sean scared me so much when he … Read More

Update on ’08 Goals

On December 31st of 2007, I wrote a post called “I Resolve to Make My Own Goals in 2008”. In it, I laid out two of my major goals for 2008. They were the following: 1. “So, that’s one of … Read More

Happy Holidays!

I will be taking a little break to spend some time with my husband and two sons. I’ll be back to writing on Monday, January 5th. Meanwhile… MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY KWANZAA! AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!