Amy | July 25, 2005
We’ve been shopping for a house for the past few months. It’s a frustrating endeavor to say the least. The original thought was to purchase a home that was already built, however, since property values have been rising steadily for well over a year now, it’s actually a better bargain to have a new house [...]
Amy | July 23, 2005
The back-to-school ads are out in full-force. School is starting early this year… well, just a week early, but you’d think it was a month early with all the advertising out there. Truth is, these constant Target commercials are sounding the death knell for summer and going back to school in the middle of August [...]
Amy | July 22, 2005
Remember when you were a kid and summer felt like forever? By the time school started it felt like you had lived two or three lifetimes. There were always big changes and huge events. Summer used to be filled with adventure, comedy, tragedy, drama, romances and vacations. Friendships were made and broken over a summer [...]
Amy | July 19, 2005
It’s supposed to be 109 today… a miserable, blistering, unbearable 109. I really wanted to write something wonderful and witty, but my brain is horribly fried. You know what you do when it’s 109 outside? Nothing. Nope, not even swimming. Why? The water is WARM. The heatwave is supposed to break this weekend and then [...]
Amy | July 17, 2005
The other day Maggie, Ethan and I were playing together. Maggie is 18 months old now and Ethan is thirteen years old. Ethan is so good with the baby that it is easily assumed he will make a wonderful father, some day far, far away. I couldn’t resist asking Ethan how many children he wanted. [...]
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