AmyD. | June 8, 2010
At any one time I probably have at least 8 – 10 projects going or at least in the planning stages. This, of course, isn’t counting whatever projects anyone in the house has going. I don’t think I would consider servicing the car or auto repair a project, but restoring a car – definitely a [...]
AmyD. | June 3, 2010
It’s one thing to be the mother of 2 girls. It’s another thing to be the mother of a kid like Maggie. Kate is our sweet, calm, easy going, smart one. Maggie is smart, smart mouthed, lively, crazy, and as Mike often describes her, “full of life.” We never have to wonder what Maggie thinks [...]
AmyD. | June 8, 2009
Last weekend was the big event… the one we’ve been practicing for, the Bakersfield Biggest Baddest Barbecue Championship 2009! After months of tweaking websites and eating loads of Mike’s barbecue everything came down to late (very late) Friday night right up to noon on Saturday. They say that competitions are won or lost within the [...]
AmyD. | May 21, 2009
I hesitate to call myself a gardener because I don’t compost, I don’t have an arsenal of green-friendly soaps and things to keep pests off my plants, and I don’t suppose I’d start sharpening and oiling my gardening tools even if my life depended on it. I’m a Martha Stewart fan, but I’m afraid she’d [...]
AmyD. | April 27, 2009
Now, I won’t say that my husband is completely cheap. But, he certainly has super cheap tendencies. Maggie saw a commercial the other day for caterpillars that you can raise into butterflies and release them. She was very excited about the idea. I mentioned it to Mike and of course he asked how much it [...]
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