It’s a bloggy party! WHOOOOOOO! Robin at Pensieve and Jo-Lynne at Musings of Housewife are hosting at at home Blog Party to go along with the doings in Chicago (yes, I do live in Chicago. No, I’m n to going to Blogher. Any questions?). Be sure to check out the Mr. Linky Robin is hosting to check out some more bloggers who are at home (yet may actually be in Chicago).
I used to have an About Me page, but when I changed my theme, that decided not to cooperate. So, about me.
I got my first website as a birthday present in 2000. Yes, Big Daddy (that’s what I call the hubby) and I are nerdy/geeky folk. We’re certain that the Geeks will inherit the earth, so we’re not that upset about being Geeks or labled as geeks. I started my site to allow my out of town family to keep up with my oldest daughter, hereby known as the Princess, who was born in February of that year.
I still maintain that site and it contains 9 years and thousands of photos as well as years of blog entries. I’ve been blogging since 2004, almost before blogging wasn’t cool but not quite. At the time, I started blogging about knitting (which I still do) but that evolved into just blogging in general.
This site was my birthday gift in 2008. I’m still a geek. So is Big Daddy. We’ve added two more little girls to our gaggle; Littlebit was born in 2006 and Baby Bee made her debut two weeks early in June of this year.
Feel free to browse the archives to get an idea of what I try to do here. As with all things in my life, this is an evolving work in progress.
Thanks for visiting and party on!
(wayne. Sorry. I couldn’t help it)
…the Friday link love that is.
But first, the preschool scramble has begun. I know, I’m probbly late and if I had been more on the ball I’d not be scrambling now. I’d be scrambling in July. I hated this so much with the Princess. Trying to decide which of dozens of local schools were the right choice. I picked one for the Princess based on location and nothing else and loved the program. I wanted Littlebit to go there as well, but I was too late to get her into their 2-year program (Littlebit has a September birthday and will be in a two year program this year due to cut offs) so then the scramble was on again.
I loved the idea of a local Montessori option, but the tuition for Littlebit’s twice a week, two hour a day program cost nearly as much as the Princess’s elementary education and I just. couldn’t. do. it. I have one school I’m hoping to tour that’s accredited, has a good program and a more reasonable monthly price tag. I hope I love it so I can be done with the preschool scramble. Until 2011. When I’ll do it all over again.
But….enough. It’s time for some love
Well, we’re Geeks, so it makes sense that I would enjoy 100 Geeky Places to Take Your Kids This Summer from Wired Magazine. Lots of national and international options and some places I want to check out.
I’m sure I’m the last one to discover it, but I LOVE the Simply Recipes Food and Cooking Blog. It’s beautiful and well organized with tons of recipes. Well photographed too.
Have you seen The Tasty Kitchen? It’s a foodie community fronted by The Pioneer Woman.
So many great ideas and beautiful pictures at The Idea Room.
Make and Takws featured a cool post on One Chicken, Two Meals
which appeals to me from a time and money saving aspect. Googling for more, similar ideas took me to Cheap, Healthy Good and making 17 meals from one chicken and $30.
I am so making these adorable lady bug slippers for my girls. I love them! And while I have my needles out, i’m making this awesome circle cloth too.
