Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
A little color and hope of spring for my friends stuck in the depths of winter. Things I learned this week: Reading twitter is the 2011 version of "cleaning the oven". I know, you are confused. See, back in the 80s when I was still in college a classmate and I came up with the... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, I felt particularly thankful that I've put myself back into the reading habit and that I had a book to pick up in a moment of need. I was also thankful that I had setup a new reading corner in my living room (since the bedroom version was lost with the new king sized... Continue Reading →
Saturday version of Friday beauty. Some pictures from this week in the back yard. I know daffodils are supposed to be February flowers, but these mini daffodil bulbs that I bought several years ago can't wait that long. They are also becoming more and more prolific year to year. The spikes poked out in... Continue Reading →
An August mom's New Year's resolution to learn/try something new every day in 2011 to honor a lost friend (and to blog about it at One New Thing) got me thinking how truly awesome that resolution is. Not that I will totally steal it from her, but I know that it's been on my mind... Continue Reading →
I had to capture this moment last night - Amber actually sat in someone elses lap while mine was available on the same sofa! And? They are BOTH smiling! Doesn't get better than that does it? After 10 days of winter break, the first work week of 2011 has been survived - barely! Each... Continue Reading →
Let's see just how lazy I can be in posting this recipe that I tried over the winter break: Oh yes! We do have a scanner and Snag It for a reason don't we? Also, a crappy iPhone camera when we realize at the last minute that this is a recipe worth sharing which makes... Continue Reading →
It was tradition as I grew up that my mom would make the same cake for me every year for my birthday. A truly rich & dark chocolate chocolate chip bundt cake. Ingredients include chocolate pudding mix, cake mix, eggs, chocolate chips and sour cream. No frosting. It was pure chocolate bliss. On my 18th... Continue Reading →
In my typically contrarian way, I am again, bucking tradition and not making any New Year's Resolutions. I tend to think of mine more as birthday ones, IF I make any at all given that my birthday is so close to the New Year. Anyhow, 46 has crept up. I'm trying to remain zen about... Continue Reading →
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 87,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at... Continue Reading →
Today and tomorrow are the probably the two biggest listacle days of the year. Everyone will be blogging about the highlights/lowlights of 2010 and then tomorrow making their 2011 resolutions. Given that most of us who write on the internet are doing to unload one or two (or 10,000) frustrations through the keyboard vs onto... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 