A Relaxing Day
Today was one of those rare and lovely days that come along far too rarely in my hectic, single-mom life. A day when I had fun. Just — had fun. The boys went with their father to help with the spaghetti lunch fundraiser for Troop 40. Knowing that the kids and I would be going […]
Fireworks, Drive-In Movies, and Happy Holidays
I was afraid that this weekend was going to be a bit of a wash, as I have no discretionary money and couldn’t splurge on lots of noisy, sparky fireworks for the kiddies. Most years, we’ve spent $50 or $100 on small-gauge firecrackers, pull-pops, snap-n-pops, bottle rockets, smoke bombs, and the like. We didn’t have […]