Rooted in Resourceful - Always Branching Out
Tweet One weekend I was headed to a blogging conference when I found myself at the airport without my Nook. I wandered into the book store (yes, with real paper books!) and a book titled Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen caught my eye. I grew up in Pennsylvania Dutch Country and [...]
Tweet To explain how much the members of my family love Disney’s Phineas and Ferb, you have to listen to my cell phone. The text notification tone is a Perry the Platypus sound, and the ringtone is the Doofenshmirtz Evil, Inc. jingle. Our house is filled with everything from Agent P flip-flops to Phineas and [...]
Tweet It should come as no surprise that my kids love technical gadgets. While at eight and six they have not begun to ask for smart phones, they are very aware of features such as texting. My son asks me who has sent me a message when he hears my phone chirp, and my daughter [...]
Tweet I have been an HP fan for a few years ever since I fell in love with the HP Vivienne Tam Mini. I never bought the computer, but I did get the matching scarf! Because even in my early days of blogging I realized that HP has a way to meet all of my [...]
Tweet Do you have one of those friends, or maybe it’s your mom, who will tell you what seems at first to be just an interesting story? She engages you, draws you in, makes you laugh. Then, at the end of her story, there is suddenly a lesson to be learned that you never saw [...]
Tweet THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED Disney has just announced that Cars is taking flight! Launching this month, Cars Take Flight will include the continuing hit series: Car Toons: Mater’s Tall Tails as well as exclusive merchandise and a contest that will send a family of four to visit the new Cars Land at Disney’s California Adventure [...]
Tweet (alternative title: Disney Pixar’s Brave - review) I’m a planner. Maybe I’m a control freak, but for now let’s stick with planner. I’ve known my entire life that someday I would be a mom, and I knew exactly what kind of mom I would be: laid back, fun, free spirited, whimsical, hysterical. Yes, I fantasized [...]
Tweet Ever since I received the first email about the upcoming film, Disney Pixar’s Brave, my family has been anxiously awaiting its release. ”Coming Summer of 2012″ seemed like a lifetime away, but tonight we will be seeing a sneak peek! In honor of the film’s opening weekend, we are hosting a giveaway brought to [...]
