Little baby Jasper is three today (Don’t tell anyone that I completely forgot until my mom called to wish him a happy birthday.) I love three-year-olds and it’s breaking my heart a little bit that he’ll be my last one. Except for his yearning to destroy everything we own, he is a delightful child. Boy, […]
More than any other nail art question, I get asked how to paint roses on fingernails. Everyone assumes that since roses are so pretty, they must be incredibly difficult to make. Not so! Making a straight line is about a million times harder! This tutorial will show you how to… Read More
Sorry the blog has been languishing. It’s almost embarrassing to think about. As I mentioned last weekend, my husband got laid off. So far it’s not so bad because he’s been able to spend a lot more time with the kids this week and he has about a million things to do around the house […]
My kids started driving me crazy the day after school got out. There was the constant squabbling, playfighting, and watching each other play the wii for hours on end ( I loathe that, but it’s just so peaceful while they do it, that it’s hard to crack down and turn it off). Some people go […]
Over the last week I have had about a quatrillion things going on in my life including volunteering at three schools (which I generally avoid because it pushes me to my limits), all sorts of church meetings, prom dress shopping, drivers license tests requiring two separate trips to the DMV… Read More Today is the 7th […]
Man, oh, man do I love fonts. I spent several hours today downloading new ones. I don’t know if that’s a Sabbath-y type activity, but it was restful. And it is a day of rest. Some of my new fonts I had to pay for (2 Peas has masses of… Read More Wedding season is closing […]
The summer was a whirlwind. I didn’t post once because I was trying to savor every second of it. But here’s a quick rundown of what happened. Photo overload! Finn graduated from high school. Graduation ended at noon and every picture we have outside has me with my eyes closed because… Read More As you probably know, […]
I know what you’re thinking: the best broccoli? That’s like saying the friendliest wasp or the the funnest SAT test. It doesn’t exist. But it does, mes amis, and it is delicious. And super easy to make. I won’t touch steamed broccoli with a ten foot pole anymore. It’s roasted… Read More
I’ve been thinking about blogs and friendship the last few days. Blogs have really opened my life to more/better friendships. I love having friends. To me they are truly a joy (most of the time. Sometimes they are not. You know who you are.) I am seriously the most extroverted introvert you will ever meet. […]
My sister is my best friend. I hated and loathed her growing up, but once we hit high school and college all those petty issues (like her birth) seemed to not matter anymore. We love to hang out so I was very disappointed when she announced that she was pregnant and due right after my […]
I rarely talk about Mister, because he doesn’t like me to. He doesn’t like to make a spectacle of himself (or worse, he doesn’t want me to make a spectacle of him which I do all the time, much to his dismay). I have to say this, though. He is hands-down the most thoughtful man […]
I was born and raised in Detroit. Although my greatest wish growing up was to leave Detroit and never come back, I now look back and think what a gift it was to live there at the beginning of my life. Detroit was, and still is, a big melting pot.The… Read More
There is something I don’t think I have ever talked about on my blog: I had a stillborn baby. It was many years ago and it was very sad and really, what is there to say? One day I was happily six months pregnant and the next day I was… Read More
I must utter the phrase, “how hard can it be?” at least once every week or two; every time I think of something that I want to create or copy from someone or fix around my house. I wouldn’t consider myself cheap. Sadly, not at all. But I only like to buy something if it’s […]