The delivery people have become well acquainted with our house over the past month. Because of my surgery and knee issues, I did most of my (limited) shopping online, and out of area family sent boxes galore to the house. Once the initial holiday frenzy had settled down, we welcomed another addition to our house. [...]
I have a heck of a time keeping track of my digital media reader now that I don’t have a permanent desk. I’ve had 2 or 3, but can’t ever seem to find one when I need it. With my new-ish camera, I needed a new reader and picked up a tiny portable one so [...]
Thing One and Thing Two need nicknames. Aliases. AKAs. Tweety and Sylvester? Gosling and something else? A and E? Thing One and Thing Two? The Him and The Her? Son and Daughter? So many possibilities. I’m open for suggestions and input, what’s it gonna be?
The only thing better than is Mint Newman-Os on clearance. mmmm
On Christmas Eve, our friend C came over for our traditional Eve of wrapping gifts, dinner and a drink or two. Since the kids joined us, he’s gone a long way to get them gifts they will enjoy and won’t drive the rest of us batty. We still have (and use frequently!) The “bathketball” set [...]
Today everyone went back to what it is s/he does, and I feared the worst. The morning actually went off without a single hitch, which was unexpected, but very much appreciated. Parts of the afternoon and evening were less stellar, and there was too much yelling (on everyone’s part) going on. I had a really [...]
We’ve had a tradition around here of having homemade pizza on Sunday nights for about a year, save that whole life-altering 6 months we had where nothing was consistent. I’ve tried a lot of pizza dough recipes (a LOT), and this has become my favorite, from Cook’s Illustrated: 22 oz bread flour (approx 4.5 cups) [...]
I get around. The world of crafts, that is. I’ve never met a craft I didn’t at least want to dabble in, and there are very few I didn’t take up for at least a week. My mainstays recently have been knitting and sewing/quilting, but I’ve been known to tat, bead, scrapbook, crochet, woodwork, photograph, [...]
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Long long ago, (in a land far far away) I had a blog that I coded by hand and updated by hand. I eventually upgraded to a template/formatted blog and kept up with that sporadically for a while before abandoning it altogether oh, about the time my first kid was born. Coincidence, that one. I’ve [...]
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