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I’ve been digging on this album by Priscilla Ahn.  Very light and ethereal, but serious.  Her voice is charming. The more I listen the more I love.  And you can download the whole album on itunes for $6.99.  Quel bargain.

I’m thinking of changing the name of this blog to “I’m an Idiot”, seeing as how that’s the theme of most of my stories. Honestly I don’t know what’s happening. I am dropping things, breaking things, crashing into things; it’s a little scary. Can that be the sign of a… Read More

I’m interrupting my exhaustive coverage of my trip to let you know that I’ve got a post over at Segullah about the temptation of the old boyfriend. I’ve been seeing a lot of friends (both men and women) who’ve been getting back into things with a former love interest. Facebook and other social media isn’t […]

I went to Costco last week and the checker told me my account was frozen. It turns out they froze it so the manager would be alerted that I had a gift card waiting for me. A gift card from Costco for $11.02 which they had overcharged me last time I shopped there. That’s so […]

It’s Spring Break right now and we, along with everyone else we know, are having a staycation this year. Mister is nearing the deadline of his huge project at work which means no fun for a couple more weeks. So now I have a houseful of children and I’m wondering what to do with them. […]

As if weren’t enough that we middle-aged moms are having to deal with teenagers and often times a husband or significant other who is having a major identity crisis, we are also blessed with physical mayhem of our own. If you haven’t reached this time in your life you may… Read More

Remember how much I loved to tell you all about Preparedness? I haven’t for a while. Not because I haven’t been thinking about it. Oh no, no, no. Recently I have been stocking up on medical supplies and a giant canvas tent (more about that another day). But nothing you… Read More Tomato Products? Say what? […]

Today is How-To Tuesday. And all my photographs for tutorials are stuck on my hard drive. The hard drive that is having an existential crisis and simply won’t start because even though it’s less than a year old, what’s the point. What is the point of it all? That’s what I imagine my hard drive […]

All right, all you 72 hour kit people!  How did it go last week?  At this point your kits should be done!  Yahoo!  Bring on the earthquake/wildfire/tsunami!  Just kidding.  Hopefully you will live an uneventful life free of power-outages and contaminated water supplies. So if you’ve done your kit, let me know so I can […]

I haven’t done much with Makeup Monday in a while because I really haven’t used anything lately that’s rocked my world. A couple of months ago I went up to Dallas for a conference and as I packed to leave, my kids came in and out of my room a… Read More

I have a whole Pinterest board dedicated to quotes that I love. If I could I would print them up and post them everywhere around my house. The sad thing is that when you post something around your house it quickly becomes commonplace and ignored. So instead I will read… Read More

Nowadays pregnancy and childbirth are much more stylish than when I started bearing children in the mid-90’s. And it seems there are even more opinions about what’s right and what’s not right. (Of course my opinion is superior.) I feel like I can offer a different viewpoint than most women… Read More

Our item this week is vegetables (canned and frozen). This is where a lot of your vitamins and minerals will be coming from so stock up as much as you can. A lot of young children may not care for veggies by themselves, but remember that canned tomatoes make great salsa and pasta sauce, canned […]

Worst: For some reason Independence Day is the big Jello holiday. I guess because the weather is hot and Jello is cold. At least I guess it’s cold. I don’t really know. I find it disgusting beyond belief. it is slippery and slimy and feels to me like eating sweet mucus. Ice cream bars. The […]