I’m a crafty gal. Not crafty as in scrapbooking. I just like making cool things. And pretty things. I’m especially inspired if I see something at a store or boutique (overpriced) and think, “I could make that!” I love the challenge of re-creation. I have no original ideas of my own, mind you. Let’s just […]
I don’t want to go to bed even though it’s midnight because I don’t want it to be tomorrow already. Know what I mean? P.S. I have crumbs in my cleavage. I guess I got a little too excited about the warm homemade bread tonight.
I know those of you in other parts of the country are rolling your eyes, but can I please get a shred of sympathy? It’s 16 degrees right now! We have no gloves. We have no puffy coats. I can barely find two socks. There are just some things I expect from this climate: Sixty […]
Although cream-colored ponies are lovely, they’re not one of my favorite things. But these are: 1. Getting the first scoop out of the peanut butter jar 2. Sitting in a dark movie theatre, eating popcorn drenched in butter, watching the previews 3. Baby laughter 4. Hills ablaze with autumn leaves 5. Feeling tired and sandy […]
Just a little note to tell you that I am officially worn out. This is the last week before school starts and I am running on fumes. Thus, I probably won’t be blogging much. I probably will once school is up and running and I have my life purring along. It’s funny how much I […]
Lest you think that I am very gifted in the homemaker arts, let me tell you about embroidery. I got very jazzed a couple of years ago about all the darling stuff I could embroider. I even blogged about it here. Shortly thereafter I started embroidering a dish towel (or tea towel as they are […]
I realize that I will probably be struck by lightning for saying this, but I’m a little disappointed that Gustav did not end up being a category 5 hurricane. There is some part of me–some twisted, evil part–that loves mayhem. On a personal level I don’t want anyone’s home to be destroyed, or people to […]
At our house we don’t give our kids an allowance. Many years ago we started to but it just got too expensive. Plus it would kill me when they’d spend our hard-earned money on a giant bucket of Red Vines. I’m not one of those moms who tells their kids how to spend their money; […]
Lest you think that I am very gifted in the homemaker arts, let me tell you about embroidery. I got very jazzed a couple of years ago about all the darling stuff I could embroider. I even blogged about it here. Shortly thereafter I started embroidering a dish towel (or tea towel as they are […]
If you are reading this post it’s probably because you just found a louse in your child’s hair (or your own! Yuuuck!) or even worse, the school nurse just did. Please take a deep breath. When I found a louse in my hair I felt like setting my head on fire and running screaming down […]
Just a little note to tell you that I am officially worn out. This is the last week before school starts and I am running on fumes. Thus, I probably won’t be blogging much. I probably will once school is up and running and I have my life purring along. It’s funny how much I […]
At our house we don’t give our kids an allowance. Many years ago we started to but it just got too expensive. Plus it would kill me when they’d spend our hard-earned money on a giant bucket of Red Vines. I’m not one of those moms who tells their kids how to spend their money; […]
Although cream-colored ponies are lovely, they’re not one of my favorite things. But these are: 1. Getting the first scoop out of the peanut butter jar 2. Sitting in a dark movie theatre, eating popcorn drenched in butter, watching the previews 3. Baby laughter 4. Hills ablaze with autumn leaves 5. Feeling tired and sandy […]
I’m back from our Grand Tour of the South. First things first: I managed to kill my laptop while I was travelling. So I am wearing black in mourning from destroying yet another computer. I’m beginning to thing I am made of magnets. How else to explain the destruction I bring upon all computers I […]