When there is a lot of ’round the house tasks to be done, I like to think that’s just all part of the quality time my family and I spend together when we all take part. (There are those here who would disagree.) READ MORE
This simple pot on our front stoop has become somewhat symbolic to me, a sign of season’s change, reminding me there’s even beauty in snow covered dead plants when you look hard enough. Which, in a roundabout way, reminds me…READ MORE
Melissa mentioned watching 4 seasons of Mary Tyler Moore while getting some solitary sewing done a few weeks ago and I gasped. “You can watch Mary Tyler Moore?” “On hulu.com“? “No kidding!” To which Peter did a little eye roll and the kids asked “what’s Marytylermoore?”READ MORE
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Quite a contrast from the last time I looked at this pot.
Snowing like crazy out there. Part of me loves it, part of me starts to get a little claustrophobic. What about you?READ MORE
Brownie girls, that is. They made friendship pins to send to our penpals in Colorado (Jessica, don’t look, they are in the mail). I love how completely old school they are. Did you guys make these in the 80’s? Who out there still has one pinned to an old denim jacket from high school? Our 3rd graders just loved these and did such a good job of making them, a very successful project. We picked Girl Scout, Brownie, and Trefoil patterns from here, there are more patterns here, more patterns everywhere if you google friendship pins.READ MORE