Oh, it’s summer all right. How do I know? We’ve spent four of the last seven days at the neighborhood pool and the sweat is at a constant trickle down my back. And I can tell by my toenails. It’s time to bust out the crazy pedicures. All the better for sandals, my dear.
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 make a perfect rose garden […]
If you’re lucky enough to live in the Southwest then you know that Hatch chile season is going strong. Hatch chiles are grown in Hatch, New Mexico from Mid-August through the end of September. They are a delicious green chile that is quite a bit spicier than an Anaheim (which is pretty mild) but not […]
As I mentioned before, I am completely unfamiliar with California. I mean, I’ve seen it in movies and in a jillion pictures, but ultimately I was left to plan our entire trip based on Google Maps and some websites. Everyone has raved about driving up the coast of California. It’s… Read More
I realized after I finished my exercises in the Slipcover book (see this post earlier today) that the things I like best are lots and lots of pattern all mixed together, as well as bright pastel colors. If something is plain and simple I usually don’t like it. After I did my last post about […]
A few months ago I bemoaned the fact that I just couldn’t find a recipe app for my iphone that I liked. I got a lot of suggestions from my readers and actually tried most of them. I even went so far as to try apps that were foreign and… Read More You guys! Last weekend […]
Well, the gold stars are getting fewer and further between. But that just makes me appreciate you fine women that much more: This week’s item is essential. Even if you drop this whole food storage thing because nothing bad will ever happen, please, please, please do this week’s item first. Because it is agua (A.K.A. […]
Oh, how I love walking tours. So that’s the first thing I had scheduled after our arrival in Paris. Our tour was through Paris by Martin. The guide we had was Martin’s partner whose name was Pepé. He was delightful. By the way, tons of men in Paris wear scarves. As far as women’s fashions go, […]
I’ve done it again. I’ve managed to lose something important. I don’t know how I can misplace every receipt that I MUST keep, but I have a whole purse filled with receipts from buying Mountain Dews at the 7-11. As of last month I am the owner of a 24×30 print of an ugly tree […]
I’m going to start a feature called Friday Favorites. I’ll be posting some of my old recipes and posts on Fridays. O.K. basically it’s reruns. But maybe it’s new to you! Maybe you didn’t know who I was back when I posted my Snickerdoodle tutorial the first time. It was years ago. Here’s your second […]
It’s been Prom time around here. We have a no-dating-til-age-16 rule which means this was the first year that York and India were both old enough to go. India went with her boyfriend, Ethan, to both the school Prom and MoPro (Mormon Prom) where there aren’t so many skanky dresses… Read More
The last day of vacation is always so sad. How does time go so fast? How did we leave so many things unseen? There were so many places I wanted to see that we simply couldn’t fit in. That just means we’ll have to come back again. Here are a few last images of Paris […]
After what must be 3 billion class Valentine’s Day parties, my days of doing kid’s valentines are over. Jasper is in fifth grade and we made our very last valentine box. While this doesn’t make me even slightly sad this year, I bet I’ll feel a little melancholy about it next… Read More
Somehow I managed to read a bunch of books in the last month even though I was crazy busy. There were a few duds but several that I liked a lot. I read The The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure in the Fall (it […]