“The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you,
not knowing how blind that was.
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.
They’re in each other all along.”

-Rumi

BananaBlueberry wants everyone to know about a special night at the circus that is coming up!
It’s the 13th Annual Children’s Premiere Night-
Tickets are discounted and proceeds go to Friends of the Clinical Center, The Children’s Inn at NIH and Special Love for Children with Cancer!

You can print this page and send it in with your money for [...]

Well, we all made it through… the DC Snowpocalypse of 2010…
We even made it on Wikipedia!!!!!
Luckily, temperatures are warming, snow is melting, and only rain is on its way lovely, hmm.
I’m sure we’ve all learned something in the last couple of weeks…

As for me?  I’ve learned a lot.
How to end poverty?  No.
A Cure For Cancer?  No.
I’m talkin’ [...]

I love Mister Rogers!  He basically Rocks!
I mean, what’s not to love? He plays pretend, always gets into ‘comfortable clothes’, has snacks, and visits cool neighbors!
Do you love Mister Rogers?  Of course you do!
So celebrate his birthday by voting for your favorite Mr. Rogers episode!
PBSKIDS is providing the opportunity to vote for a [...]

Well, the impossible has happened.
Pigs must be flying,
And Hell must be frozen over…
because-
my son is able to SLED down this HUGE mound of snow in our flat front yard,
thanks to the BULLDOZERS, yes, BULLDOZERS that plowed our street and covered every front yard with literally, walls of snow.
Everybody’s yard, lawn and landscaping is shot…
But [...]

“I am the greatest… I said that even before I knew I was.”
- Muhammad Ali

Believe in Yourself

While my son played with Letter People, I accidentally turned on the ‘Sounds of the Seasons’ channel on our TV; I usually turn on ‘Light Classical’ during the day. Valentine’s Day/Romantic songs were playing on this channel- okay, appropriate, I thought, although Valentine’s Day was pretty much a non-event this year with over [...]

I’m back online, ahhhhhhh.
Something I learned during the snowstorm:  Tell your children that it is a rule not to put magnets on your laptop.
Yep, my son put these TINY magnets on my MacBook and POOF!  It Broke.
Long Story Short:  The employees at the Apple Store are fantastic and gave me instructions on how to [...]

“NO MORE SNOW!”
After 3 feet of snow has fallen within a week here in the DC Area,
I say,
no more…
I’m done with you, snow.

Washington DC Area.
Here we are in our 2nd blizzard WITHIN a week.
I have lived here all my life and cannot remember EVER getting this much snow.
We have survived a power outage, and my laptop hard drive breaking (FYI- don’t let your children put magnets on your laptop… yes, I’m serious).
I’m content with the exception of [...]