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… Read More
Yes, that’s right I’m finally giving something away! Mostly because I cannot for the life of me think of anything to write. So here is what’s up for grabs: Your very own panful of cream cheese brownies handmade by me. I make kick-A brownies, in case you didn’t know. I will ship them to you […]
My baby doll is four today! Hard to believe that four years ago I was in labor*. She’s a spitfire and a charmer. Baby Ada, we love you! (With her cousin Ellen W.) *She was my one try with natural childbirth and it was not the lovely experience that everyone described. It was wretched. It […]
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
I fell in love with a skirt that I saw on Dana’s blog (she is mightily creative and a fellow Austinite). It’s for a little girl, but I altered the pattern and made one for myself. I don’t know why I like sewing when most of the time it ends up frustrating me to no […]
To all you braggarts who have posted how lovely it is where you live with all the changing leaves and mountains afire with color, I have one thing to say: the high here will be 84º (low of 66º). So when you are freezing even though you’ve got a ski coat over your costume, think […]
Last Friday I was on my weekly Costco trip getting our usual six gallons of milk and a jillion eggs. As I sat and tried to decide whether to buy some canned chicken I had the oddest feeling come over me; it was a feeling that food would be getting very expensive and I would […]
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
Have you ever driven your little one around in the hopes of getting her to fall asleep? Sadly, I have. So has my friend Johanna. She lives in Africa and I love her blog post about this very thing. Read it here.
You guys. YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS! Last week. It was a killer. As in “poor me I was a crying, mean zombie by the end of it”. It was the last week of school. Normally it is a busy week; all the concerts and whatnot. But this year it soared to heights of awfulness. Not […]
Gallery walls are all the rage right now. Actually, they’ve always been used in the decorating world but people are finally starting to see just how fantastic they can be. If you’ve wanted to know how to make the perfect gallery wall for your house, I have some excellent tips… Read More
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
Over the last week I have had about a quatrillion things going on in my life including volunteering at three schools (which I generally avoid because it pushes me to my limits), all sorts of church meetings, prom dress shopping, drivers license tests requiring two separate trips to the DMV (But I now have a […]
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