BarefootinBoston

Yard sale prep

BarefootinBoston — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:55:57 +0000

Saturday we are having a yard sale. This is only the second yard sale I have done in my adult life and I am embarrassed to be so excited. We’ve been sticking things in boxes in the basement for over a year now and I’m hopeful that we’ll at least walk away with some dough…

I’ve been searching online a bit to find some helpful hints and have become a bit overwhelmed. There are sites upon sites dedicated to how to have a garage sale, tips, etc. There are so many elements to it if you want to add them in. I think ours is going to be pretty basic!

Hopefully a couple of hours Saturday morning is enough time to set up and get my act together!

My babe is 3

BarefootinBoston — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:51:36 +0000

This past week E celebrated his third birthday. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard, since becoming a mother, that times goes by so quickly. But it really truly does. Even though I feel like he’s always been around, I cannot believe that E is three.

I am excited and scared for his future. It seems that being a kid is even tougher than when I was little, but he has so many opportunities ahead of him!

Eating out with kids

BarefootinBoston — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:11:57 +0000

A & I have always liked to eat out. When E was born, we cut back on eating out, more for financial reasons than anything else. E still ate out, and now M does too. Last night we went to Stone Hearth Pizza in Cambridge. We had been there to eat once before, ordered out a couple times and have always been extremely happy with the food.

Last night we were even happier. Tuesday nights are apparently their ‘family nights’ where kids eat free, so long as a parent orders a specific food-salad with meat, a certain size pizza, etc. Both E & M got free meals which included a drink, dinner and dessert (around $8 each). Our bill was $44, tip included (we did add some more tip in there, hello?!?! Previous waitress here) but the great part is that $30 was a buywithme.com certificate, so it was quite a deal. We easily have one more meal with the leftovers and left there full and happy.