Sweet Life With Mary

Best thing— she just wanted to try them on and NOT actually buy them…

I started Friday Fun Food Find last week and already I have to miss one, today.  Yes, it is that dreaded phrase — “technical difficulties” — in my case, it’s something to do with rechargeable batteries and Jack’s camera….
Instead, let me share this drawing that Mary did today.  To get her off my back lap so [...]

“A friend in need is a friend indeed.” 
This was has always stumped me— so, if you have a friend who needs you, then he/she is your true friend?
From the Phrase Finder

Meaning
It is sometimes suggested that this phrase means ’someone who needs your help becomes friendly in order to obtain it’. That isn’t supported by the [...]

Jack went to visit his mom and sister in Iowa last week and when he was getting ready to return, he asked me what I would like for pasalubong? Good hubby, knows exactly what to say to his Pinay wife.
Then, he asks, “What is MY pasalubong?”
“No, that’s not what the word means in Tagalog— YOU are supposed to [...]

Rachelle did a blog post on Monday regarding her Musical Confessions— A dozen songs I SHOULDN’T love… But I do and had challenged her readers to play along.
Here is my musical confession—
Ten Songs I Shouldn’t Sing… But I do
Killing Me Softly With His Song by Roberta Flack
The Search is Over by Survivor
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Torn [...]

Dear Parents,Help! Our Turkeys are trying to disguise themselves so they don’t get caught for Thanksgiving Dinner!Please help your child disguise his/her turkey and send it back to school as soon as possible for our hallway bulletin board display!(Some examples from previous years are to disguise your turkey as Spiderman, Superman, a soldier, Santa, a [...]

It is that time of the year for those areas that observe Daylight Saving Time to revert back to Standard Time.  Happened at 2 am this morning and it is generally suggested that you move your clocks back the night before. 
I don’t.  I love waking up (I have not used an alarm clock for over 10 years [...]

Thanks to Indian Food Rocks for doing a post on Click, a monthly photo contest.  Otherwise, I would not have known about it.  The theme for the month of November is Noodles.
This is my entry.
I had wanted to send in a photo of MY favorite noodle dish= “1B” - Combination Vermicelli Noodle Bowl at my [...]

I joined NaBloPoMo (stands for National Blog Posing Month) where the members are challanged to do a blog post EVERYDAY for the month of November.  I have been doing close to a post everyday in October and I had wanted to do a post everyday.  NaBloPoMo and all my new-found friends from this site would certainly [...]

From a previous post, this is how I thought my Halloween would go.
….helping out at Mary’s kindergarten for their Halloween party, taking her to Chick-Fil-A for an informal lunch playdate with a little girl we met there on Monday, joining Mary’s friend, Marley and her parents for trick-or-treating at Pearl Street Mall, knocking on our [...]