My Ice Cream Diary

At my kids' middle school, every year I am asked to write a paper about my child for the teachers to better know them. This is the one ...

OK, here I go.Hi , its me again, your favorite blogger's daughter, Cookie. While all of you sit there in antagonizing anticipation , w...

I've mentioned before that I have had a hard time with my relationship with Cookie . I've been working on it for several years now...

Saturday evening I took Cookie to our Keepers Club Meeting . It is a sort of Christian Girl Scouts program that is run completely by the pa...

When the Build-a-Bear workshop was first spotlighted on Oprah several years ago I remember thinking, "What a cute idea. I bet a lot o...

It is a challenge being a parent, no doubt. The hardest part, for me, is knowing that the only way to teach children is by example. You can...

I had a lovely Birthday yesterday. I ate some very special treats, but made sure to be good to my body (meaning, I didn't eat so much th...