Yesterday Georgie, Iris, and I went on a girls day out shopping. We first though, surprised John at his work. I wanted to see where it was he earned a living and meet his co-workers. He was indeed surprised but gave me a quick grand tour. Georgie, after dealing with some traffic, got us safely to the shopping center. I suppose shopping is shopping, but of course, all the store names were different. I did recognize a few, Target, K-Mart, Payless, ... Read More

The invitation came. I about cringed at the thought. How can I manage to fit something like that in my busy schedule? I can't do it, I immediately thought. These things are addicting and just over my head. I will stink at it. This is so unlike me, I couldn't... My dear friend Mike had sent me an invitation to play World of Warcraft. According to Wikipedia World of Warcraft, often abbreviated as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard ... Read More

Mothers Day, Two Birthdays (mine and Rubí's), upcoming wedding).... This is and already has been a very busy week. Yesterday, besides celebrating Mother's Day, we also started celebrating the two birthdays. This is the beginning and so much more to come this week! ... Read More

In 1998 our family took a trip to Spain. I am just now able to  take the movies from the video camera and get them onto a DVD. (thanks Roger!) I chose this excerpt, as I love the area of Lleida. It's a great place to explore and the shopping is fun there too.The children and I enjoyed our day there. Here are some of the photos taken that day. ... Read More

Today, Miranda, Laura and I decided to go to Kohls. They had a big sale, and we had another 30% card extra off. Spring is around the corner and so are some events, (like Miquel and Jenny's wedding), so we all need some things. Shopping is sure different taking kids along. :) It's handy that Laura is quick with her phone camera too. Well I didn't get the shoes I was looking for, but we picked up a few things, and the kids had ... Read More

Christmas is almost here, in terms of shopping that is, and I thought I would put together a few things for the Baltimore Raven's Fan on your list: ... Read More

Scenario: A mommy who is under the weather and taking a nap. Daddy is watching a football game that is TIED and in OVERTIME. (Ravens vs. Patriots) A toddler playing with the markers he got for his birthday party the day before. Not seen here: he even marked his armpits! ... Read More

  I knew about Black Friday, in fact, years ago I worked in retail in the middle of that chaos, and this year my daughter insisted on being a shopping part of it as part of her birthday celebration. In spite of housing woes and gas costs, the predicted gloom for Friday's sales was not meant to be. Associated Press reports: "According to ShopperTrak RCT Corp., which tracks sales at more than 50,000 retail outlets, total sales rose 8.3 percent to about $10.3 billion ... Read More

      I believe this is basically for the start of school, but interesting news!     "The District of Columbia will offer its first 2007 Sales Tax Holiday beginning at 12:01 am Saturday, August 4 through midnight Sunday, August 12. The Sales Tax holiday grants an exemption from the 5.75 percent sales tax for school items, clothes, shoes, and accessory items. To qualify, each item must cost $100 or less." More information HERE   The next DC Sales Tax Holiday will be November 23 through December ... Read More

  At a young age, Laura seriously asked me why I didn't have a parking place reserved just for me from my favorite store, Best Buy. The clerks there agreed. Some know that I belong to affliate programs where I place their ads or products from various places on my sites, and I get a commission. For awhile now, I thought, wouldn't it be nice if Best Buy would have such an affiliate program, after all, it's my favorite store! Now I finally can! ... Read More

Shopping done, wrapping done, cards and packages sent, baking done.  Here are images of Heather and Laura icing a batch of sugar cookies... ... Read More

I've been an associate with Amazon.com for a few years now, but I am rather slow to catch on to some things. Now, I have finally created my own Amazon store! Need to shop online? » Check this out!   ... Read More

the start of the Christmas season! Went out in the bitter cold to go Christmas shopping, had a lovely red cardinal perch on our deck outside the door, looked over my Christmas list once and twice to see who I could check off, and now baking pumpkin bars, and the house is full of spicy aromas.   Don't you just love this time of year?     ... Read More

All these years concerned about Black Friday, I didn't even know there was a "Cyber Monday" till a recent news report. It made sense the news report, stating that Cyber Monday was referring to those who got on the internet at lunch break to start their Christmas Shopping. Just as I get used to the idea and think I better spiff up my own shopping page , I read at MSNBC,   Cyber Monday Is a Joke They seemed to think that it should be ... Read More

Through the years, unless I had to go out and work on this day, I avoided leaving the cozy comfort of my house. This year was different, as Laura was armed with gift cards and birthday money and wanted to go to the mall. So, I braved traffic, crowded parking lots, long lines, and the multitude and took Laura and her friend shopping. I also got an early start on my Christmas shopping. Oh well, I got to see Santa.  And he got ... Read More

After all the days of shopping, malls. shops and literally wearing myself out, Christmas Eve was finally here. Not a rule I have always liked, but the kids love it, and that is that they open their presents on Christmas Eve. I didn't see any reason to change that tradition this year, as Christmas on a Sunday meant we would be in church Christmas morning. Here are some glimpses of the kids at Christmas Eve: They had some very stuffed stockings to unpack ... Read More

Who would make a cartoon of herself and invite you to shop with her? I would of course! Part of my job as affiliate manager for Shawn Collins is to make sure that applications received meet the criteria to become publishers for various merchants. Then I go on to vallidate those that do. Many of the sites that came through for me to look at were shopping sites. The more I saw of them, the more I thought, "I could do that." Many ... Read More