Among other things, during the week of Christmas we continued our beach football games that we started over Thanksgiving. As an incentive for those who preferred not to be tackled while trying to enjoy their time on the beach (i.e. me), my younger son added a separate sign-up spot for cheerleading for any parties looking […]
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Starting 2012
I hope everyone had a most excellent start to the New Year. Judging from my brief visits on Twitter and Facebook over the last 72 hours or so, it appears that many of you have in fact done exactly that. And what about the Island Family, you ask? Well. We did have a wonderful […]
A New Year’s Eve Thank You
When I began An Island Mom last spring, in one sense, I was the unlikeliest of people to start a blog. I’m kind of a private person, believe it or not, in many ways. Really. But by the time I found myself waist-deep in the world of blogging as a reader, I knew, without doubt, […]
Latin #11
In honor of the new year soon upon us, I present to you Latin Root #11. Root: ANNU, ENNI Meaning: year Words: 1. Annals (n) (-al = relating to): events recorded by the year In the annals of the history of most of the Carolina islands, there are tales, some more confirmed than others, of […]
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A Peek At The New Year
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, the New Year doesn’t start until Sunday, but I thought I’d give you a little peek of what you can expect on An Island Mom in 2012, if your ears are available for the lending. 1. For those of you into this sort of thing, baby-girl is starting cheerleading for the first […]
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Merry Christmas, Y’all!
Well, better late than never, I guess. We finally got around to making some beach-themed Christmas ornaments on Thursday night. These were the ornaments I purchased the supplies for two weeks ago, right before The Big Nasty struck. I bought some clear empty bulbs, and, to make it easy, a bag of tiny shells and […]