My kids say anytime I’m trying to convince someone to do something, I add an “ie” to the end of words. As in: “Want some Starbuckies?”, “Let’s watch Freakie Geekie”…
… because I’m a homemaker and much of what I make each day gets “unmade” by evening. I have to remember that “being there” for your family is often immeasurable and…
It doesn’t take much to make make me happy. When the cat’s fur is still warm from sitting in the window. When I stand right in front of the bathroom…
We’ve been together for eighteen years. I love my husband and the family we began all of those years ago. Eighteen years means we didn’t give up. I’ve…
My daughter drove me to Galveston for driving practice recently. Even grainy phone photos get me sentimental. my instagram and flickr
… because I finished my Beatnik sweater and it is pretty cool, though I wasn’t at all the nonconformist the name suggests when knitting it. Yep, I actually stuck with…
It’s a good thing I have a film scanner and these newly developed film photos of my little ones (see below) to soothe my aching heart because I’ve been having…
This is a lazy Christmas for us- no outdoor lights, no inflatables (thank goodness), no handmade gifts (except the sweater I made me) and we’ve been sleeping til ten every…
The tree is up, school is out, and I have enough time to play with twigs and glue. This is one of my favorite kids’ Christmas crafts (as long as…