There is a four year old birthday coming to our house soon. After some discussion, I thought it might be fun to get a small pet, something e...

My foray to Italy has been quite fun. I'm getting better at making pasta. We are all enjoying polenta . And I have come across a reci...

We are living in Italy this month. The inspiration: Have you heard about the blogger that decided to make every recipe from Julia Child'...

I will admit that I have some natural artistic talent with knitting and most other fiber and fabric crafts. My mathematical mind is a surpr...

In case you haven't noticed, I've been waxing sentimental. It happens. I pop in to Classmates.com. I poke through the photo album...

Oh, Trader Joes, how I miss you. Yes I have found a reasonable repacement, but I am still planning that road trip to Sante Fe just so I can...

My computer is sick. It is a fairly inexpensive laptop that I have had for almost three years. It has served me faithfully but I will need...

It's raining! Most people would look at this day as a huge downer, but I love it! Granted I spent six of my favorite years in Seattle, b...

I had lunch with my mom this last weekend for her birthday and saw some people I knew in the restaurant. I don't know them well enough t...

I knit. I sew. I can crochet. I'm crafty. I can do Origami. I read. I do just about all the needle arts. I walk and hike and roc...

A few years ago I lived in Minnesota. Between the bitter winter and the brutal A/C in the Summer, I was always freezing at my desk at work. ...

It's now officially Spring--per the groundhog and the astronomers. Typical of Colorado, the weather is very warm and sunny. People are ...

I feel the need to clarify something. When I started this blog, I really thought the only people who would read it were friends from other s...

I have a thing about closets. I think all standard closets are useless. What good is one pole for hanging and a small shelf that is usually...

We are all healthy again. It took a full two weeks for the bug to complete it's tour through each of us but we are all feeling groovy. ...

My DH has the flu. If you read my previous post, you know that I'm torn between feeling bad for him, and being smug. Smug is winning. ...

Nothing can undermine the kinetics of a stay-at-home mom's home like the flu. This was the week that the youth did their performance. T...

My needles are flying. I'm at the point where I am almost finished with a couple projects and past the halfway point with others. I...

I enjoy cooking. I read cookbooks like they were novels and I especially like to find a complicated recipe and spend several hours preparin...

I went to my knitting group earlier this week and pulled out the project I had decided to work on that evening--a sleeveless pullover (from...