ATTENTION: there’s a new “Give that Photo a Name” contest over at “Confessions of a Pioneer Woman”! this woman has me hooked!does she have a clue what she’s doing to people?every time she has one of these contests, I pace back and forth, racking my brain.trying to think of something clever.all day. everything gets put…

we’re back. oh, sweet relief. we’re back. I don’t know how much more of this I could handle. just when I thought I was stretched as thin as I could be, my family pulled me just a little further. Zoe decided she could not be left out and started throwing up Friday night.she ran a…

concert tickets are now available for pre- sale over at the official “Cure” website! and I have me a ticket!!!!for the Seattle show in October.I am going with my sister and a couple of her friends from Portland.woo-hoo! I asked my husband if he would like to join us,and would you believe it?he declined.profusely. as…

thanks for all your super ideas, ladies! I am storing them in my (well-stuffed) brain’s mainframe.there are many of your very helpful ideas just swirling around up there but for now I am going to take a break from the kitchen long enough to collect myself. I spent this morning re-organizing my island and some…

ah, ha! I am one step ahead of you very smart cookies! I’m sorry I didn’t mention in the previous post that I already have an island and I have managed to shove as much of my pantry in there that I humanly could! I have considered putting all my baking items in the island…

thank you all so much for your caring words! I really appreciate it. and you know, at the end of the day, when I’ve sighed my way all over the place and I’m at the very lowest point possible, I always have my blog gals to cheer me up. you are always here to give…

well, our family watering hole could take it no longer. it decided to call a strike this afternoon. my oldest son woke me up this morning yelling from the toilet.yes, yet another victim of the runs! I walked past the bathroom after about 3 of his trips to the toilet and then I saw it….…

please pardon that horrible but achingly true pun! we have a three day convention that we attend each year in the summer in Kennewick, WA. we went yesterday and Jason drug himself around through the 108 degree heat as if someone had beat the holy tar out of him and left him for dead in…

well, today was a very eventful day. my folks watched the kiddo’s all day so Jason and I could get what was left finished! finished. a word that, lately, seems to have lost it’s definition. just when I’ve finished one thing, two or three more pop up beside me,behind me,in front of me,all around me!…