Would someone else be the responsible adult now?

Thanksgiving was exhausting! College boys all came home. I spent most of my time in the kitchen cooking and baking and cleaning. It was n...

Yes, after all the angst and indecision, I am happy to announce that I am typing this on my NEW laptop! I will brag because I think I got a...

I need a new laptop. Remember, my Sony Vaio was stolen by the dastardly thieves who broke into my house. I can not decide what to do. I wa...

Ack ! I am more and more having to face the fact that my body is aging. I don't think of myself as old, but sometimes when I look in t...

"Home." It conjures up images of family, laughter, baking bread, refuge. It is a place where a person can feel safe. There are ...

Been thinking a lot lately about stuff . How much do we really need to be happy? I can remember when my kids were little. The more "...

Have you noticed how much of what we Americans eat is not really food? I mean, look at the ingredients on a loaf of bread in the grocery s...

Kids were watching "Martha Speaks" on PBS this afternoon. Apparently a character in the show had been severely embarrassed and wa...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world...

Tonight's menu: taco salad topped with fresh homemade guacamole and pico de gallo. Perfect on a warm southern night. I can not tell yo...

Ever found a piece of fabric you love, but there isn't enough of it to actually make anything that would fit a grown woman??? Well, I h...

These were called my "Autumn Socks" because they were optimistically going to be finished in time for Thanksgiving. So, May is a...

I have been working hard to turn my UFO's (unfinished objects)into FO's (otherwise known as "finished objects.") First up...

I feel it coming on. Soon it will be too strong to resist. I will have to give in and start some sort of new project! Being wife and mom ...

Consistency in blogging is not my strong point. It ebbs and flows with the tides of my life. Those who are closest to me have an idea of w...

The following was originally written 2/6/2009 in a "fitness blog" I had elsewhere. However, that software is lousy and I will be p...

The following was originally written 2/6/2009 in a "fitness blog" I had elsewhere. However, that software is lousy and I will be p...

The following was written 2/3/2009 and was published in a "fitness blog" I had elsewhere. However, the software is lousy and I wil...

The following was written 1/29/2009 and was published in a "fitness blog" I had elsewhere. However, the software is lousy and I wi...

The following was originally written 1/30/2009 and published in a "fitness blog" I had started elsewhere. However, that software ...