  image source  Yeah – I wish that were me – I’m not that cute pregnant! I thought I was past the first trimester exhaustion when I stopped needing to take a catnap in my office chair every day at work, and I actually managed to sew a few things (and sell one {…Continue Reading}
“No!” has been Arden’s word of choice for some time now. She’s finally begun responding with “hm” as an affirmative, which is a nice change. I know it’s a phase most children go through, but that knowledge doesn’t make it any more trying. My Mom tells me that when I was a little girl, I said “no” {…Continue Reading}
Not only is today Valentine’s Day – it is the 6th anniversary of our First Date! Sort of an accidental Valentine’s date; I was dating somebody else but knew it wasn’t headed anywhere and accepted Dave’s invitation for coffee. Coffee led to dinner, and dinner led to drinks. I broke up with the other guy {…Continue Reading}
It’s a Blog Party did a blog spotlight of A Jennuine Life: Blog Party Spotlight!~A Jennuine Life Daylight Savings Time, ugh!!! I hate changing our clocks, it is the final sign that winter is coming. It almost always follows the leaves changing colors and the first frost. And yes we have had these occur already {…Continue Reading}
Garbage Picking, Dumpster Diving, D-Mart, Skip-raiding, Trashing, Curbside Salvage… Whatever you call it, I just did it! Thanks to your brave confessions I just mustered the courage to pull my car into some stranger’s driveway, inspect a find and then load it into my car. I feel a little bit of a shopper’s high, but without {…Continue Reading}
Arden thoroughly enjoyed her first foray into the world of trick-or-treating. Aside from a mini-meltdown while donning her costume, she got right into the groove of things. We only went to a couple of neighbors and nearby friends houses, but she quickly figured out how to hold out her little pumpkin bag and then check {…Continue Reading}
I got a lucky shot of Arden sitting on the steps to our side door. Nothing fancy, I was trying to get some cute pictures of her playing in the leaves and she wandered off – silly model leaving the photo shoot!
If you’ve noticed that I haven’t been posting much for the last little bit (it’s okay if you didn’t miss me – really!), we took a long weekend trip to Chicago. We take the train which makes it a lot easier on Arden since she can move around a bit more and take potty breaks. {…Continue Reading}
I made more progress on Arden’s chef costume. I finished up the pants and the hat and of course had to try them on Arden. I know most kids don’t like to wear hats and tear them off at every opportunity. Not Arden. She’s always liked to wear hats which is great since I like to {…Continue Reading}
