Pipecleaner Dreams

You know what I love most about Chip being out of college for the summer? The wonderful food he makes for us! Sunday was cold seafood sal...

We went bowling on Saturday. It was a cold, rainy morning and we needed to find an indoor activity. Since Chip had bought two Groupon coup...

Chip really gets into his work!!!

Chip is a business major (information systems) in college, and is doing very, very well at that. He is also a burgeoning photographer and i...

Chip has always done things on his time schedule. He ignored rules such as when he was supposed to start walking as a child - he started at...

Twenty years ago today, at 11:40 PM, my life changed. A dream that began growing in my heart at a young age took flight, and I gave birth t...

Sunday was pumpkin day for my punkins! It was also a day of brotherly love - big brothers helping a younger brother and sister!

The kids and I decided to visit the Williamsburg outlet stores this weekend and do some Christmas shopping. With the economy, more specific...

Finding closed captioned movies at the theatre is difficult in my area, to say the least. There is only one theatre that shows captioned mo...

As I was drifting off to sleep last night, I began to think of all the things I have tried to teach my children over the years. I also real...

I love having a geek in the family! My son, Chip, is always finding things that I never knew I needed, but then realized I couldn't liv...

American Idol started a new season last night, and apart from all the non-singers that the show highlights purely to make fun of was a young...

My son, Chip, who is a college freshman, was given an assignment in his English class to write a paper about a problem of his choosing, and ...

We visited Busch Gardens Williamsburg again this weekend, and Ashley was even braver than she was during our last visit. She had very defin...

This edition of Thankful Thursday is dedicated to my son, Chip. Chip graduates from high school this year, and I couldn't ask for a bet...

Today, I am dedicating my Thankful Thursday list to my children in honor of Mother's Day. Today I am thankful... for the way Ashley lea...

Chip’s Dream Chip, my birth son and my oldest child, got an acceptance letter in the mail yesterday from his first choice college. To say h...

How can this be? Just yesterday, I sat in my rocking chair, my tiny son at my breast, and wondering how I would ever cope as a single paren...

One of the greatest things about my 17 year old son, Chip, is that he likes to share his world with me. Unlike a lot of teenagers, includin...