Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
I noticed a common thread yesterday. One that I have seen through the year actually. For many of my Real Life and Internet friends, 2008 was not so great. In fact, on the blogs a couple of different people started referring to it as Suck It '08. Grandy, Dawn and the writers on Mother Talkers.... Continue Reading →
Ever the independent rebel, this is not the typical Year in Review or New Year's Resolution post. The most you get is the header change to New Year's fireworks 🙂 You see, those other things take organization. Clear mindedness. Heck, any kind of mindedness! And the timing is just not right for me on those... Continue Reading →
It's a Pensieve! Created as a place to put down my thoughts on life and, more recently, to document memories. Can you tell I am reading Harry Potter? Yes, one of the last to do so, I know. I've just finished books 4 and 5. The routine is that SportsBoy and I read the book,... Continue Reading →
Thanks to Bennie, I give you this meme. And I apologize now for what I must share. Bennie caught me stopping to read blogs as I thought about what to do for breakfast. My friend had just called to spur of the moment suggest we meet to catch up and *still* I decided to continue... Continue Reading →
The first two come from Mimi. She recently moved her site and archives are not there so I'm just typing them out again. LACE COOKIES 1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar 2 tbl flour 1/2 tsp salt 2/3 cup butter, melted (10 2/3 tbl) 1 egg, slightly beaten 1/2 tsp... Continue Reading →
You are 80% Capricorn You are 80% Capricorn How Capricorn Are You? Yes, taking the easy way out again today 🙂 Hey, I am on vacation and don't want to think. Besides, look at that result! ONLY 80%?? According to FDF's astrology charting, I am a 'triple Capricorn' so how in the heck did I... Continue Reading →
Presents were opened (once all were found!) Games were played. Food was devoured (ooh, the roast in the crockpot was amazing and won raves from everyone. I promise a recipe post tomorrow with all the things I've mentioned this week). It was a lovely day.
I started with some cookies that August mom Mimi shared a couple of years ago that we all love - Lace Cookies (I'll pose recipes Friday, I promise!) Delicate and..well..lacy!! Basically oatmeal and brown sugar. OH yeah. Then I moved on to some sugar cookies courtesy of The Food Groove: I made a basic vanilla... Continue Reading →
Last year I started the process to replace all my holiday lights outside with LED's. By the end of the season I had replaced all but the lights on the roof line. This year, I was apble to replace those and the only non-LED lights outside are the 4 red bows at the top of... Continue Reading →
As I alluded to in my Hot Wheels post, the requests for race cars often balanced out a request for Barbies. Every year there was some cool accessory that I just had to have. There two in particular that I remember very well and which I know I played with for many years. The townhouse... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 