Events & Activities

We spent $347 on hot dogs for our community cookout. Bought the fancy ones, got buns from the expensive bakery, set up tables with checkered tablecloths like we were hosting a Norman Rockwell painting. Fourteen people showed up. Most were already church members. The hot dogs sat there getting cold

Been staring at this empty parking lot for twenty minutes now. Event starts in an hour and I'm wondering if anyone's actually going to show up. Spent three months on this fall festival. Food trucks, bounce houses, games, the works. Posted it everywhere I could think

Our fall festival last year was a complete disaster. Ran out of candy in like forty minutes, cotton candy machine exploded somehow, and two volunteers just vanished. Never figured out where they went. Maybe they're still hiding. This year trying not to repeat that nightmare. Start Planning When

Easter's coming and I'm already stressed. Saw neighbor's Instagram with elaborate brunch table and hand-painted eggs that look like works of art. Meanwhile I can't remember if we still have plastic eggs from last year or if dog ate them. Kids keep

Okay so last Christmas I literally hid in my pantry eating cookie dough at 6pm because my "simple" holiday party had turned into some kind of nightmare where nothing worked and I was pretty sure my guests were going to show up to find me sobbing into a

So Ethan walks up to me last summer. Middle of VBS. Day three. We're doing pirates. "Ms. Jennifer, didn't we do pirates when I was little?" Yes, Ethan. Yes we did. When you were in kindergarten. And first grade. And apparently now in fourth