Adelaide Amelia Clementine turned eight last week. Turning eight is not just any birthday if you’re Mormon. That’s when we get baptized. Mormons believe that babies and children automatically go to Heaven if they die, so baptism isn’t a requirement until kids are old enough to really understand the difference between right and wrong. Which […]

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… Read More

I have a big Halloween Village.  I know, CHEESY!  But I looooove Halloween.  And I just couldn’t resist the siren call of cute, overpriced, plastic skeletons that move.  (Here is the entire product display at a store in Chicago. Mine is not nearly this over the top, but you get the idea.) Last year I […]

With the holidays coming up I figured we could all use a little tutorial on How-To Tuesday about how to tell your kids that they won’t be getting everything their little hearts desire. Of course you need to know how to do this all year round. If you think you… Read More

For years I noticed the Sonia Kashuk line at Target (my second home). But because I was silly and picky about makeup I never tried any of it. But one day a couple of years ago I happened to notice that the Sonia Kashuk mascara had a built in eyelash brush and at a pretty […]

You probably have one of those rooms in your house that was OK a few years ago and you frankly haven’t given it another thought since then. That was my living room. When we moved into our house ten years ago (a record for us as the most time ever… Read More

Yes, we got mac & Cheese a while ago but this week we’re going to be working on plain old noodles. This includes Ramen. So let’s stock up on your favorites. My family eats this stuff a lot. It’s a great food to have on hand because it requires nothing more than water to prepare. […]

I haven’t wanted to say anything about this before, because I thought if I mentioned it I would fall off the wagon (kind of like the boy who cried wolf), but I’ve been off sugar for about four weeks now.  If you’ve learned anything about me it’s that sugar is a huge part of my […]

1.  Backpacks, lunchboxes and various sandwich-shaped tupperware have all been located and placed in the appropriate cupboard. 2.  School supplies have been parcelled out and loaded up, ready to make the trip to school.  It turns out that we forgot to buy folders for Arabella, but I think that’s not a big deal, considering the […]

I’ve been sampling lots of chocolate lately (for purely scientific reasons, of course), and I decided out of my sense of duty to you, lovely reader(s?), that I’d start giving you some of my reviews. You know, because I care and want only the best chocolate for you. My source… Read More Hmm, no you might […]

All right, my lovelies.  Here’s this week’s food storage items. These will be a breeze.——->>> Here’s who bought their flour last week: Tiffany Emmie-Lew Carolyn Lisa Mindi Lonna Suzanne-are you the one who already had their flour and wheat? That leaves a whole bunch of people who haven’t gotten their… Read More I’ve been tagged by […]

It’s Makeup Monday and I’m here to preach the gospel of lipstick (especially long-wearing lipstick that lasts all day). If you’re a long-time reader of my blog, you’ve heard me rant about this before but I simply must insist that all women wear lipstick. Really. Unless you’re fourteen and have… Read More

This is the new book that just came out to benefit the Nielsons (Nie Nie and her husband were the ones in the terrible plane crash. Burned badly, millions of $$$ of hospital bills.) It’s written by all the wittiest and most delightful bloggers. Naturally I’m in it. (For real!) You can buy it here. […]

I know a lot of you are just getting the first inkling of Spring where you live, but this is Texas and it’s been glorious for several weeks now. We know that summer will be here soon because we heard the dulcet tunes of the ice cream man yesterday. We have several extremely shabby ice […]