A HUGE Thank You!

A HUGE early intervention thank you goes out to Whole Foods Market Fresh Pond in Cambridge. Their PR person contacted me a few weeks ago about a possible donation. I had applied for a food donation with them last year for our family night. I managed to stay in contact with this person and was so excited to hear from her again. They had left over toys that they could no longer keep on their shelves and didn't have anything to do with them. So she thought of us. We're not talking any old toys here. WF only sells toys that are really great quality, usually wooden and organic cotton. I arrived last Friday to pick them up not having any idea what was being given. I was blown away when they rolled out a cart. The price tages are still on them and I just finished adding it all up....$568.00 worth! These will be raffled off to children in our program at family night this year.
If you are not a WF shopper, you should stop by sometime. This is just the tip of the ice berg when it comes to community support that they do. I LOVE them more and more all the time!

Finally....she's mine!

I am the proud new owner of a SodaStream! The amount of seltzer I drink is pretty insane and I have wanted one of these. The cheapest one retails for $100 and I was not willing (or really able) to fork that over. At the Brookstone outlet, however, I saw her. One sitting on a shelf. While I wouldn't have picked red, the fact that it was only $50 sold me. Now she is mine! I see us living a wonderfully bubbly life together.

 

 

 

 

White Mountains, NH

Snow Day Projects

 

 

 

Last Wednesday was a day of major snow here in Boston. I didn't work and instead did the following:
1. Made a kitchen towel out of 2 cloth diapers (BRAND NEW), baked chocolate chip bread, and made a huge batch of curried lentil stew. We got almost 15 inches of snow!

More Snow

 

 

 

 

They were right....

 

 

 

 

They said 12 to 18 inches and they were actually right! I enjoyed a day at home and even ventured out to take pictures. I walked about a block down my street. All of the photos are from that.

 

 

What a fabulous combo!

 

 

 

 

Photos of the ocean on the coast of New Hampshire

 

 

 

 

1 and 2. awesome kale and collard green lasagna that I made
3 and 4. White mountains in the background

 

 

 

 

1. Remember when I used to be super organized? Believe it or not, it is organized...kinda.
2. Still figuring out the camera. Kinda out of focus.
3. Yes, these are octopus chips. I did not eat them, however, I did smell them....YIKES.
4. LOVE that I have a ball pit in my office. Wish it was bigger.

 

 

 

 

1. Awesome collection of new books donated to our program by one of my clients.
2. Cool tree.
3. Church in Central Sq., Cambridge.
4. I thought this was awesome. Could I get one to carry around during work when people are driving me crazy?

C'mas 2010

 

 

 

 

The girls and the dog, what I missed while in Ohio, LOTS of amazing gummy bears, and broccoli soup!

 

 

 

 

Christmas with my girls. We did lots of fun stuff that included playing games and making dog treats. Of course there was time for multiple slushy drinks!