
I will seldom brag about my skills in the kitchen as being anything other than what I learned at the apron strings of my Grandmother and several thick and well-loved cook books. Today is different. Today I am going to proclaim to you that I invented a corn chowder recipe that will make you sigh [...]

It’s just a small freshening up, but in case you didn’t notice there is a new animation in my header, a cleaned up sidebar, and a footer with something appropriate for a foot. I hope you all have had a wonderful holiday season. I know I have enjoyed some extra time with Mom and W [...]

The obvious facts about me: I am of pink complexion with freckles, blue eyes, wide hips, large feet, and dyed red hair. Those are the things any person could tell you about me. I would like to say that I am not very complex, but I probably am some days – exhaustively so. And clearly [...]

I wanted to create some fun holiday traditions this year. Since W is two and a half I knew it would be the first Christmas where he probably got more out of the day than ripping paper. One of my favorite things we did as a child was to have an Advent calendar counting down [...]

SCATTERGORIES – it’s harder than it looks! Play here or let me know if you play on your blog. (note to those new to the game: these don’t have to be actual truths. If it helps- replace the word “you” in the questions & substitute it with “someone”.) Play on & use your imagination! Use [...]

SCATTERGORIES – it’s harder than it looks! Play here or let me know if you play on your blog. (note to those new to the game: these don’t have to be actual truths. If it helps- replace the word “you” in the questions & substitute it with “someone”.) Play on & use your imagination! Use [...]

I am now determined for us to make our own Advent calendar and I have cleverly borrowed some ideas seen on-line. Here is my plan: Find the lunch bags that we have somewhere (seriously, I KNOW I have seen them!). Label them 1-25 with either a fat marker or stickers. This week we can all [...]

Part of the process of shedding the alias involved changing my twitter handle. I knew I would need to do it but I was afraid that I would be resetting myself to zero or have to constantly chase after my followers to get them to follow my new account. I was thrilled to discover how [...]

I’m still in this sort of frenzied spiral of work mode right now. However I realized one of the reasons why things are SO hectic. I lost my ability to say no. To be more specific – I was afraid to say no to an opportunity of work because what if I turned it down? [...]