Don’t worry; I’m live and on location here in the coastal Carolinas, so I’ll be keeping you up-to-date on any weather drama that unfolds the next couple of days. I’ll let you know the impact that the temperature is having on island life as we dip down into dangerous, slightly below freezing temperatures. I’ll alert […]
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Coffee with Christine: Part One
Cue elevator music here. Welcome to Coffee with Christine, a new series on An Island Mom where Christine writes as the spirit moves, with no particular structure or focus to her ramblings. It’s basically like having coffee with Christine, which will scare many of you, but you’ll keep reading anyway because otherwise you’d have to […]
The Resurrection of the New Health Regime
I haven’t had chocolate for almost seven days now. Okay, technically, that’s not true. I did have Swiss Miss diet hot chocolate, but chocolate connoisseurs know that’s pseudo-chocolate. It’s good, but it’s totally pseudo. Why, you ask? In short, LCB and I have resurrected the New Health Regime. We are officially dieting and exercising in […]
A Few Holiday Highlights
So yeah, we’ve done a few things in the last month, including but not limited to: Charleston There’s nothing like a quick trip to Charleston to put you in the Christmas spirit. The city is decked out much as you would imagine. The Polar Express Movie The small people watched The Polar Express movie on […]
For 2014
Last night, a series of events that included a less-than-fascinating movie choice on LCB’s part led me to peruse the internet. Somehow, I wound up on my own site. One thing led to another, and I started thinking about how this sort of thing never happened to me ten years ago. (Surprisingly, I didn’t have […]
Children’s Christmas Books for 2013
It’s a little messed up unorthodox, I’ll admit, posting my annual children’s Christmas books list on Christmas day. The story of why is a tale no one with any ambitions in life would ever want to hear, so I’ll just cut to the list. This year’s list is short and sweet; four books have caught […]