Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
Sigh...the long, lovely vacation is over. Back to school and work tomorrow. We are bummed 😦 Of course, *today* MusicMan cleaned out his pile in the garage so after trash pickup tomorrow I could get moving with my own clean up. Ah well. Just gives me projects to work on before LL kicks in right?... Continue Reading →
Can we have a Do over on the whole BringIt09 concept? Perhaps BringIt was too much of a challenge? Because according to a couple of emails and a phone call things are not quite starting out with that whole positive twist we were shooting for. No, not at all. So, let's try this AGAIN shall... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 fooled the boy!! This year he needed to be educated on the ways of Santa - I thought it was not a good idea if he went to school and told his 7th grade peers that Santa brought him a new bat, ya know? But I told him that Santa just had to tag... Continue Reading →
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 →
I think the creative juices are on pause until the practical things are done to prepare for next week. Things like buying gifts at stores that you thought were going to be shipped in time but then you get an email on Friday saying "shipping 1/23/09" which causes you to curse out loud. Thanks a... Continue Reading →
Have you noticed the header? Yeah, I am updating it periodically as more cards arrive. Watch for yours if you sent me one! I feel the need to balance out the ultra girly Velvet/hair post with a more realistic representation of the true tomboy that I was as a child. So if you really must... Continue Reading →
This is a Holidailies prompt from a couple of days ago, but I've decided to make my own rules (shocking isn't it?) and use promts as I need them even if they are late. I do promise not to jump ahead 🙂 Dear Santa, How are things up there? I know, you are swamped. I... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 