The month of March has ended. With it closing the first quarter of the scrapbooking Back to Basics challenge. My goal was 25 pages/layouts, and I made it with the total at 40. The Tammy and Chrissy Scrapbooking Crop in mid-March was a huge boost as I continued to work on the boys’ Florida 2022 […]
We made the escape and ventured to sunny California before the end of February. For six-year-old Oliver it was a lot of firsts on this vacation which started with getting up early on a Wednesday morning and heading to the Detroit Metro Airport. For his first flight he did well, from going through TSA security […]
It’s been a very wintery winter with all the snow and the freezing cold temperatures. If you haven’t replenished your hot chocolate, tea or coffee supply this is your reminder. The roads…well I have driven in better conditions and I have driven in worse conditions. Whatever the weather is just be careful wherever you have […]
Happy New Year! Hope 2025 is treating everyone well so far and you have had success hitting your resolutions or goals for the new year. I admit I was motivated. I had goals ready to go before 2025 began. But, the beginning of the new year was a bit slow for me. With the rush […]
I am not a knitter. I am not a gardener. Those hobbies were never for me. Writing. Drawing. Photography. Scrapbooking and picking out eye-catching patterned paper now you are talking. Those are the hobbies which soothe my soul, help recharge the batteries. And, being a scrapbooker has really paid off being a shutterbug, a mamarazzi […]
It’s hard to believe here we are at the end of October already, and the last two months of the year are a hop and a skip away. Another month has passed and it can be summed up in field trips and no illnesses. Okay, so Oliver did have a runny nose and his first […]
My name is Wendi, and I am a garage sale enthusiast. I should back up a little bit. Yes, seeing a sign for a garage sale on the road does get me interested to see what items someone no longer needs and maybe I need.Having kids, clothes and toys will get me to stop. And, […]
It was my first day at The Clarkston News in 2007 and Phil Custodio, the editor at the time, mentioned I should call the Clarkston High School Athletic Office and set up a day and time to meet with the athletic director, Dan Fife.I called, and I met with Fife the next day. It was […]
Only a few weeks of the school year left to go and before proclaiming we made it – it’s time to prepare.It’s time to think about end of the year gifts to teachers. The furthest I have gotten is thinking about gifts – a small gesture to say thank you. Thinking about it and possibly […]
I got pretty lucky having two young readers in our home. And, what a month to celebrate with March is Reading Month.Jonathan tracked the minutes he read from March 1-21 for the school wide challenge. The top three from each class with the most minutes received medals and fourth place received a special inflatable torch […]