Umpteen years ago, when I moved into my first apartment, I bought a set of 8 wine glasses at the Pfaltzgraff outlet. The outlet no longer exists, and the number of glasses has dwindled to 4. I love these glasses. Something about their weight, size (10 oz), and cut glass …
I had the good fortune to be born in January. Which makes for a nice, extended, celebratory season that begins with Thanksgiving and ends sometime after my birthday, once all celebrations have occurred. My dinner with my family was this past weekend, ending the season of Deb.* These wonderful celebrations …
Since before the holidays, I’ve been looking for the best price I could get on the Leapster Explorer for my daughter’s birthday (which is next weekend). The price was $59.99 everywhere I looked, then up to $69.99, then back down to $59.99 just after Thanksgiving. Then, Toys R Us had …
Today’s lesson in (mommy-)blogging: One should not attempt to make technical changes to one’s blog while the toddler is awake. You may or may not have noticed some downtime in the past 12 hours or so. It is not always easy to multi-task with a little one around, and attempting …