Misadventures

Today was one of those days.
This morning I prepaid my gas at the gas station and then drove off without actually getting the gas that I had paid for.
Tonight as I was making dinner I realized there was a definite toxic smell wafting through my house.  A smell that closely resembled melted plastic. I opened [...]

Dreaming

This morning I sat on the edge of my 7 year old daughters bed to get her up for the day.
I enjoy the mornings when I can walk in and sit down brush her red hair out of her face and say, “Princess it’s time to get up”. There are mornings, more frequent [...]

Creating a Reader (As if my house needs more books!)

Every night as I prepare my 19 month old for bed we have this ritual. It starts with her trying to run away from me… then my catching her… then her kissing her sister and then finally and with much ceremony she and I climb in my bed with 4-5 books. Her [...]

The Itunes Meme

I’m home sick today and I’m feeling a tad bit better so I was wondering around the blogworld and I came across this Itune Meme at, A Girl and her Blog, a blog I’ve never been to before and I wanted to do it just for fun.
How many total songs?
I haven’t downloaded much since [...]

7 (Random and Useless)

The Most High and Holy Jaynova tagged me for this little seven thingy.
So here are seven random and useless things about me. Sorta.
No. 1 – Baby Jesus is MIA. My daughters have this cute Fisher Price Little People Nativity Set. Since my baby loves the Little People the set is out [...]

Ode to Parchment Paper

For anyone who doesn’t know parchment paper is an ovenproof nonstick paper. The joy of parchment paper is that when baking a cheesecake (the reason I use the cheesecake example is that I have one in the oven as I type this) the cheesecake will not stick to the springform pan [...]

Words Meme

I enjoy words.
I’m a collector of words. I read words and write words and keep them in their various forms. Emails, letter, journals, my blog, books. I’ve gone so far as to have a journal that is just for words that I have had to look up. If I find [...]

True/False Meme

This week, in honor of Thanksgiving, I’m giving my readers something to be thankful for. I’m taking up the torch of the Meme. Mymy Meme. If these Meme’s are out in the hinterland of interland I haven’t seen them as Meme’s but then I lead a sheltered life [...]

Listen Up

As a part of my recent DoSoEvAyMo I’ve been scheduling more public radio time in to my days.What is great is that now all of these programs are available to listen to online so that I can listen at my leisure. I’ve included some links if any of you feel like listening.
Today I listened [...]

My Christmas List (Minus the JC Penny Catalog)

My seven year old is caught up in the Christmas spirit. She’s making lists, searching the internet and informing her Dad of the expensive gifts she wants (smart girl). Being a girl and being my daughter of course she wants clothes, clothes and more clothes. That’s easy.In the van on [...]