cultivating me

I read this book with my youngest son.  Actually we read it together – one chapter a night, taking turns reading out loud.  As a family we have become so very busy.  I have gotten caught up in staying on schedule and planning ahead that I have let opportunities to spend extra time with the [...]

This wreath isn’t perfect but I loved making it.  It took me just over an hour and was super easy to do.  You can see more pictures and get directions here

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I love flipping through magazines, browsing blogs/sites, and watching TV shows which contain do it yourself decorating or gift ideas.  I will often sigh and can often be heard mumbling “I wish I could do that”.  I just don’t think I have the kind of talent necessary to make, construct, or put together the ideas [...]

Our family is having a gift exchange this year and I’ve been struggling with what to get the people we’ve been assigned.  Frankly, it made me quite the cranky pants!  A great deal has changed in the last 24 hours as I finally began to think of things to get – things I think people [...]

Jerry has a fairly large family and each year for Christmas, they pull names for a gift exchange.  The idea is to make sure everyone has gift at the family gathering and they set a price limit so no one has to spend too much.  It’s an idea I’m still getting used to and an [...]

Thursdays are usually left over nights in our house.  However, more often these days, leftovers get packed up in school/work lunches.  It’s not such a big deal except when I forget they get eaten and then, like last night, realize the one sole enchilada remaining wasn’t going to be enough.  As my son and I [...]

There were many things I looked forward to when it came to Christmas but one of the things I looked forward to the most was baking cookies.  Both my mom and my aunt baked cookies for the holiday and each had their specialties.  My aunt would bake a whole assortment of cookies including rum balls, [...]

My hair is having an identity crisis. It’s not sure if it wants to be longer or shorter and I’m not sure if I agree with it on any given day. So, for the meantime, I’m living with it being at an awkward length: too long to just wear it down without trying to coax [...]