I know what you’re thinking! Katie’s not a shopper! And she’s cheap! She’s always saying that! And, yes, it’s true. But by chance I’ve stumbled on two more shopping destinations, so I’m doing one more post. And then, I’m done. No really: I’m serious. So if you have a store to tell me about, I … [Read more…]
Wow! I took a walking tour of the neighborhood around Upper Union Street, Schenectady, this afternoon. There are a ton of new businesses that have opened there recently, so I thought that I’d check them out and report. Okay, I don’t know if you’ve already heard, but my entire moms’ group has been talking about … [Read more…]
In a startling coincidence, just about every little girl in J’s class was sporting a lovely and complicated updo today. Including J, of course. In fact, she looked so cute that I took a picture to share before sending them off to school. Alas, when I took a second look at the camera I realized … [Read more…]
In J’s class there’s a case of head lice, and she came home itching. I went and got some kill-the-bugs shampoo. We kept reassuring her that this was “just in case”, or, as W likes to call it, a “prophylactic measure”. Every time he said it I’d start to giggle because it sounds dirty. Am … [Read more…]
UPDATE: This is a post from 2010, so although folks tend to have similar activities each year, information may or may not be outdated. Click the links to check directly with the folks involved to be sure.–Katie Once again I start out with a post expecting that I’ll be able to find two or three … [Read more…]
We finally made it to the apple orchards, and just in the nick of time, it seems. If you’ve gone already, you know that this has been a really bad year for apples, so pickings are slim. If you were haven’t gotten around to it yet, I’d go as soon as you possibly can, and … [Read more…]
I’m catching up on the birthday party craftiness with the cute little gardens that we made for our fairies. Here are some supplies: I bought a peat-moss-looking table runner as well as some vase fillers and pretty little scrapbooking roses at Michael’s. I cut the table runner up into small-ish pieces and glued them onto … [Read more…]
Britin & Nick from All Good Bakers sent me an email asking if I’d be willing to spread the word about their new Community Supported Bakery.  They also offered me free samples! Yes, please! So, of course I wanted to like them–what a good idea. You already know that I belong to a CSA, and … [Read more…]
We’re gearing up for J’s birthday party tomorrow afternoon. Now, we’ve never invited the entire class to a party, and we’re almost always just at home. Where we go overboard is with the cake and the crafts. This year, J said that she wanted a fairy party and the first thing out of M’s mouth … [Read more…]
Yikes! I keep having to update with items I’d squirreled any in my email and forgotten–sorry! Did anybody else catch that super-gorgeous rainbow today at about, um, 5:45 pm? We so completely deserved that rainbow, didn’t we?  I mean, seriously, we made it through a lot of rain. I was over-volunteering at elementary school today, … [Read more…]
