What is that expression? Necessity is the mother of all inventions? Well, my {first} husband was on a ladder cleaning the dead bees out of our 2 story windows this fall. While he was up there he attempted to clean the windows. Not a great idea or a visual. Not wanting to miss an opportunity to [Read more…]
Reposted after my WordPress migration: My daughter drove to school this morning, taking her last final for the semester. She is a junior in high school. She is a great girl who happens to have what I would have envied when I was in high school (brains, beauty, an athlete and a strong inner confidence). She is also in [Read more…]
Below is one of my most cherished posts. It is about our son and his kindergarten teacher who changed the direction of his life and ours. It makes me cry every time I read it: I completed my last Christmas card last night. I wrote the final card to the most special person in [Read more…]
While my sister was visiting over the holidays I asked her to help me “shake things up” with my Christmas decor. Well she shook it up and sprayed it over some of my favorite summer finds. This was our PB inspiration: If you have worked with spray paint you know it is “design in a can.” You [Read more…]
The best rewards of a fruit centerpiece is it is edible and doesn’t need to be stored after the season! What I have noticed is when I display fruit in a pretty bowl, the family is drawn to it. Kinda like the way I am drawn to Peanut M&M’s when they are in a glass [Read more…]
Shhh….. this was the most simple gift idea. And, it was inexpensive too! Did I mention how much fun I had with this project. I feel like I cheated. Well, this is like making my own body bath scrub except I didn’t make it… I bought it! Shh…. I have seen lots of homemade body scrubs [Read more…]
We are in puppy heaven right now with a 16 week old Bernese Mountain puppy, Chloe! Of course, during the crate and potty training we nicknamed her Cujo (1990’s movie reference.. or was it the 1980’s) and Crazy Eyes (from Orange is the New Black). But, look at this precious face during the day! We are [Read more…]
