Entries from August 2009

August 30, 2009

Menu Plan Monday

This is it! The last week of summer. Here in Michigan it feels very October-y and there’s no getting around it – it’s strange.  I’m sad that the loosey-goosey schedule we’ve enjoyed for the past three months is coming to an end, but I’m so excited for my kids to start school.  They both have [...]

August 27, 2009

Museum Pass

This is sweet – did anyone take advantage of this last year? The free museum day pass  is back, and the date is September 26.  There are participating museums all over the country, but for those of us in West Michigan the two biggies are the Air Zoo and the Kalamzoo Nature Center.  I vote for [...]

August 27, 2009

Things I Love Thursday

We’ve kind of been around the block with memberships.  We did the Children’s Museum one year, the Zoo one year, and now are up for renewal on our most recent membership, Meijer Gardens.  We have gotten so much use out of it, I don’t even have to think twice about renewing.  It’s a big place [...]

August 26, 2009

Hobby Hump Day

It’s not too often that I can participate in Hobby Hump Day as the part of my brain that does crafts shriveled up and died immediately after I received my Brownie Craft Badge.  As usual, this post is something of a stretch, but since there isn’t actually a Hobby Hump Day carnival today I don’t feel [...]