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Ladybug attack
This past week we've experienced something I've never encountered before - our whole house was attacked by ladybugs! And when I say attacked, I mean more than 100,000 ladybugs descended on our house out of nowhere practically. I have never seen so many ladybugs in one place! They were all different colors - yellow, orange, red, some with spots, ( Read more... ) -
Snow!
It's snowing right now! I can't believe that. In the past 6 years that we've been here, this is the first time (as far as I can recall) that we got snow in April (it's not accumulating, but still...) Usually end of March would be the last snowstorm of the year, not April. Wow! -
Tea Party Pictures
We had such a grand time during our tea party on Saturday. It feels so nice once in a while to take off our mommyhood hats and just relax during a fun evening with girls. Here are some pictures of all the yummies we had. I ended up tweaking some things from the original menu I posted, but overall kept pretty close to it.
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Tea Party
I am in the process of planning a tea party for this Saturday evening at our house. I invited a bunch of ladies (some from our small group at church, some from MOPS), and most of them are coming. Looks so far that it's going to be 8 of us.
For the menu I am planning a bunch of different bite-sized tea sandwiches and some sweets. It's not going to be ( Read more... ) -
St. Patrick's Day Parade in New Haven
St. Patrick's Day Parade tradition was started in New Haven, CT on March 17, 1842, and since the mid-50s of the 20th century this parade has become one of New England's premier Irish events. This parade is the 6th oldest parade of this kind in the nation, and is the largest single-day spectator event in the State of Connecticut (it draws crowds of ( Read more... ) -
Saving on travel: airline tickets and car rentals
I decided to start venturing out and doing some public posts again. Although I am planning to keep them pretty impersonal, more on the helpful advice side, and all of the personal stuff will still be locked to only registered users on my friends list.
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