I don’t know what it is about makeup but a lot of times I’ll find a product I really like, then a couple of months later I start searching for a new “holy grail”. (In case you weren’t familiar with this, the term “Holy Grail” is a term completely accepted… Read More Before you start reading, […]

I’m very much a Type-B person and I don’t like planning things far in advance. I’m not Type-B enough that I never like to have a plan–I really, really do. I love having a plan!– I’m just allergic to having one long before it’s needed. Settling down and committing makes me… Read More

In the last eight days  I have seen not one, not two but four movies at the movie theatre.  I’m pretty sure it’s my lifetime record.  Two of the movies were with my kids, so it’s not like I was all footloose and fancy-free. Here are my pint-sized reviews in order of worst to best: […]

I’ve got a great new idea for all my blogging sisters! (maybe a couple of brothers too). Watch this little video first: The economy is dismal and only getting worse. Natural disasters are happening more and more often. Food shortages are occurring everywhere on this planet, even here in the good ol’ U.S.A. The prophet […]

At some point in every woman’s life, there will be a yearning to make cinnamon rolls. (OK, probably every American woman. I can’t imagine some Chinese lady in a rice paddy standing up one day and thinking “I would like to make a sweet bread I’ve never heard of.” Or however you say that in […]

Confessions of things I have done recently: I found weevils in my flour, but didn’t throw it out until after I used it to make waffles for my kids.       York: “What are these little black specks in my waffles?”       Me: “Oh, just some burnt stuff that was stuck to the waffle […]

Man, am I a flake. I didn’t even realize I missed posting my preparedness item! Sorry about that. Although for all I know, I’m standing at the side of the Grand Canyon with my voice echoing and nobody around to hear. But maybe there are a bunch of lurkers who are very quietly stocking up […]

This book has been blowing my mind over the last couple of days. Every few years I’ll find something that rocks my world, but none as done it quite like Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari. The use of word “revolutionary” is kind of my pet peeve, being applied to almost… Read More

° Everybody needs to know how to make a pie. It’s just one of those life skills that all Americans should have. Despite the saying, “easy as pie”, it’s actually kind of hard. Not hard, exactly, but complicated. I made this tutorial because I want to take the intimidation factor… Read More

Am I the only one who can’t stand the moronic idea behind Live. Laugh. Love.? I mean, what is this supposed to inspire people to do? Am I supposed to look at this sign at someone’s house and think, “Boy, I sure wanted to kill myself but then I saw that vinyl lettering on your […]

Do you know what happens in thirty-five days? My daughter, India, comes home from Brazil! She has been gone for nearly eighteen months! Can you believe it? The first few months dragged by. And about a year ago she had a bunch of really difficult struggles that made me wonder… Read More Last Tuesday we said […]

I started out kind of shy. I always felt incredibly nervous in a situation with people I didn’t know. The thought of introducing myself was enough to make me run away in petrified fright. I am super outgoing once I meet someone but the idea of breaking the ice has always scared me silly. At […]

I had to take Jasper to the doctor yesterday. He was rubbing his ear all morning and moaning “ooouuuuch”. It turns out his right ear is so infected that it’s almost hemorraging. I don’t exactly know what that means, but I envision an explsion of goo and pus flying out of his ear like something […]

We’re out of Halloween candy (finally) which means that I have no idea what to eat for breakfast now.  Jasper was completely inspired this morning because he suggested “sowsa”.  Meaning chips and salsa.  What a brilliant idea, my tiny friend!  That boy loves chips y salsa almost as much as I do. I’ve turned over […]