Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
Have you seen this year's version of the Lexus holiday commercials? Where the adult receiving the shiny new car with the enormous bow on top flashes back to a Christmas past when they received some other awesome gift? Well those inspired me to think about gifts I received as a child that stick out in... Continue Reading →
Heh - I rhymed! I'm so pooped. Sore sore sore. Yesterday in the yard kicked my butt. I filled up all three yard waste bins to the brim with trimmings and weeds and I was not done. The front hill still needs to be edged to uncover the red brick wall that does truly exist... Continue Reading →
Or, as you can tell from the change in the header image here - let it continue! Major changes in the decorations this year. The tree has to move to a new spot thanks to the piano. Which means that the mantel is now a more stand alone project rather than being a compliment to... Continue Reading →
Family - though scattered around today, all are healthy and happy and safe A good man - hard to find and harder to hold onto, but I've managed it for another year 😉 Friends - local and scattered, August moms, C&Jers, MTers, and bloggy types. My kitties - purr babies spreading fur and love every... Continue Reading →
Is actually anyone working today? Yeah, I am just pretending 🙂 For your enjoyment, some appropriate pictures and Halloween quizzes. Have fun with them! An angel? Hah!! I like the backup costume idea better!Oh, send me your hipsters for me to torment! Bwahahahahah! You Should Be a Angel for Halloween According to our quiz, you'd... Continue Reading →
What? That isn't the official name for today? But, it should be! Sugar hangover! Too much food in general hangover! Spending money hangover! Wrapping paper hangover! Christmas music hangover! Ah well. Thanks to Dell being so generous, I am now in hyper music download mode. Demands for more music on the MP3 player are high... Continue Reading →
Christmas Eve bonfire err, lovely fire in the fireplace with SP providing some kindling while I watched football. Booty from Santa Trying out a new game right away while waiting for the family to arrive. Tree before the ripping starts. Presents! MM wears the Santa hat, but SB plays santa and hands out all the... Continue Reading →
'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.... Yeah, right! The cats are having their midnight rodeo session, SP is upstairs sleeping snoring so loudly that I can hear it down here, and I am up and surfing the 'net to stay awake because... Continue Reading →
Wonder how this could have happened? It was only a matter of time I suppose. The temptations over the past 4 weeks have been quite high yet this is the first real casualty (though the gift I opened in the C&J SS exchange did have a green bow with tell tale bite marks). Just one... Continue Reading →
Doing the rounds on my friend's blogs and also from prior years on the email lists, it seems that everyone has their cooking/baking traditions for the holidays. I've never had a set tradition for that. Back when I was with Sportsboy's dad, we did the Swedish themed things. Homemade meatballs, Lussebulle (saffron bread) and Drem... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 