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Clue Wagon Has Both Fun And Practical Genealogy Information

I’m a blogger, so it sort of goes without saying that I like blogs. Every so often, I like to look around online and find different genealogy blogs that I have not yet read. Today, I found a great genealogy blog called Clue Wagon. You may want to go and check it out for yourself. Kerry Scott, the blogger behind Clue Wagon, is an executive – turned – professional genealogist who also happens to be the online editor at Family Tree Magazine. If you know anyone who thinks that genealogists are dry and boring, send them to Clue Wagon. Kerry … Continue reading →

Falling Off the Wagon

After so many months of doing good, I have fallen off the wagon. The past couple of weeks I have been struggling to get in exercise. Actually, I shouldn’t really say I have been struggling…it has been easy to not exercise. Circumstances in life have gotten me feeling down, and unfortunately I have been handling it (or should I say not handling it) by eating junk food and skipping exercise. I am stuffing my emotions with food, something I thought I had overcome. It’s frustrating that I could so easily allow troubles in life to do this. Months and months … Continue reading →

The Wagon Thing

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Earlier in the month I wrote about “training wheels” and reflected on the many smaller steps it takes to get to the large ones. The “milestone moments” we record in photographs, videos, journals (or blogs!) of our children’s accomplishments are often not as exact as we’d like to imagine them. The baby doesn’t just one day begin speaking in full sentences. Asking a question like “when did I start talking” of your parents is a difficult question to answer. Often the answer comes in years: “When you were two.” But what does that mean? It’s kind of vague, isn’t it? … Continue reading →

Helping Your Baby Manage the Fear of New Things 2

Yesterday I shared a little bit about the how and why babies can be fearful of new things, even those things that you want them to experience. I also mentioned how my own toddler who loves water in every form he has encountered so far (he doesn’t even mind when water gets in his face from a shower or sprinkler) seemed to loathe the beach. Now I’ll tell you more about how we decided to take the supportive approach with him and this fear. That first day at the beach, we arrived to it in the afternoon. It was a … Continue reading →

Falling Off The Fingernail Bandwagon

Time to confess defeat. I thought I’d triumphed over my lifelong nail biting habit, but I’ve fallen off the nice nails wagon. In one afternoon, I chewed away several months’ worth of nail growing progress and am back to square one. It’s my own fault, really. I’d been doing so well because I’d take the time to shape and paint my nails every few days. When my nails were pretty and colorful, I didn’t bite them. But I stripped off the polish without repainting them, and BOOM. No more nails. I hardly noticed I was doing it, at first. Then … Continue reading →

On the Weight Watchers Wagon…Again: A Bathing Suit in February

I know what you are thinking: a bathing suit in February, are you crazy? This is the time of year when we are “legally” allowed to be covered in layers of clothes or bundled under the blanket in front of the fire. You technically don’t have to show skin for quite some time. But it’s true, I did it. I wore a bathing suit, in public, in the middle of February. It was for my kids (the things we mothers do). A new indoor water park just opened up complete with slides and a lazy river. My perpetually skinny friend … Continue reading →

On the Weight Watchers Wagon…Again: Day 1

It’s now 8:55pm so I think I can safely say I made it through my first day back on the Weight Watchers wagon, and by all accounts it was a success. Early this morning I got out my new journal and wrote today’s date, ready to start anew. It’s quite inspiring, taking out the clean, white journal with nothing written in it, no slip ups or splurges recorded, you still have your total Point allotment that day; it is as if you are born again. (Well, I’m guessing about that one as I am Jewish, but you get the point). … Continue reading →

On the Weight Watchers Wagon…Again: Recommitting

I know there are a lot of women out there in the same position as me: they are active; exercising daily, but still can’t seem to lose those last few pounds. I have always been a very active person but I’ve also always struggled with my weight. My friends are amazed when I reveal any kind of weight issue with them because they all know me as the “super-fit, super active Sue.” They just assume, you do a little exercise and the weight will come off, but not so for me. It doesn’t matter how much activity I do, it’s … Continue reading →

Jemima Remembers – Crescent Dragonwagon

In “Jemima Remembers,” by Crescent Dragonwagon, we read about Jemima, who has just spent a wonderful summer on the old farm by the pond with her aunt, and now it’s time to leave. She knows she’s going to miss the old farmhouse and all the surrounding areas, and she decides to take one last walk, to say goodbye to everything. As she walks down the path past the garden, she remembers the little seedlings she and her aunt put into the ground, and all the other seeds they planted, lined up in neat rows. They stayed long enough to see … Continue reading →

Things to Be Thankful For

As I sit here, waiting for the pumpkin pie to come out of the oven so I can turn the heat up to 400 and put in the apple and cherry pies, my mind of course wanders to all the things I’m grateful for. They are too numerous to mention, from warm clothes to a house to my children and husband, freedom in this land – I won’t even try to name them all. But a few things I will name, gladly. I am grateful for books. When I look back at all that has been done to deliver the … Continue reading →