Here is Samantha. Santa gave Samantha to Adrienne for Christmas when Adrienne was in kindergarten. That was in 1998. She has held up pretty well for twelve years, hasn’t she? I decided to spoof up her hair, though, before I set her out with her other doll friends as part of our Christmas decorations. (Poor Neil. Surrounded by dolls. Ha-ha! … Read more »
Last night Neil and Erica hauled the last of the Christmas decorations down from the attic. My plan is to go through everything a little bit each day. I’m going to make one package for each girl and put their favorite ornaments in there for them to have when they get their own trees one day. (Whew…it would have been… Read more »
Adrienne had her first college interview yesterday. How fitting that while she was at her interview, the rest of us were home tuned in to watch our daily dose of Gilmore Girls. Is it a coincidence that yesterday’s episode was the one when Rory has her Harvard interview? You know, the episode when Rory freaks out because she thought she was… Read more »
I find it strange somehow that Adrienne’s college apps got mailed on the day that Erica turns fifteen. Like my frozen shoulder, blinder eyes, and gray hair aren’t enough to remind me that time is passing way too quickly.
Let me start off by saying that if your children have any plans on attending college, have them start filling out their applications NOW, no matter how old or young they are. It takes about twenty-seven years to complete the process. And that’s just their part of it…the financial aid forms that you (the parents) have to fill out are… Read more »