Pumpkin Bread (with applesauce instead of oil) and Weight Watchers Cream Cheese (good, but NOT the same either). Tast-ay… Mirror I tried to sell twice. Win for me. Laundry vs. new magazine… Laila eating cereal in the playroom at her school desk. Thinking about stuff…. I love my blondie… still eating. Cleaned up the porch, [...]
Making Stuff.
{Hi, Elle-babes.} She said, “My hair is so MESSY on this picture.” I looked at her as she said it, and her hair was just this messy. Sometimes I throw together a post from all kinds of months with a theme to clear out pictures. Today’s: Making Stuff. PLEASE do not think I work on [...]
Details.
Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other. But girls have an eye for detail. ~Amy Winehouse. ~~~ A man’s accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail. ~John Foster Dulles ~~~ All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish. ~Gustav Mauller [...]
Nothing super important.
My Sweet Laila. I have noticed when shopping- little, fun, printed skirts are so in this spring. So I decided to sew some. I have been making them as fast as I can. If you use a coupon at Joanns, it only takes a half yard to make a skirt and so you can pick [...]
White Roses & Friends.
Right now I`m loving how unassuming colors of roses look when entertaining. I always thought I hated roses- it turns out I just don`t like red ones. This was a mini breakfast I set up for 2 blogger friends that were coming all the way from Montana and Wisconsin. Not coming to see me, but [...]
Old Books, old friends.
Old books mean a lot to me. Growing up from about age 5 -11, I didn`t have a lot of friends. I spent all my time reading. I remember my mom driving the 6 miles to Mbg Library, the old building was on Main Street back then. I remember the feeling of expectation, as my [...]
What-not.
Fellow bloggers, do you have files and files of pictures you never posted? I do, and I`m not sure why it bugs me. It`s like unseen pictures in files aren`t pictures at all to me- they are forgotten and sad. Which makes me think I am using this blog as a “crutch” for not really [...]
Paper Lovin`
It is SO amazing what ugliness can be transformed with paper! I am just astounded. I confess- I am a paper junkie. Pretty paper “gets me”. Pretty packaging- yes, that too. Pretty paper book- $20 at Joann Fabrics (used a 50% off coupon)- a multitude of opportunities. The temporary (there is also permanent) double sided [...]
The Fall Episode.
Fall is my FAVORITE time of year. Fall is perfect for… (the following) …Displaying mums that your girls sat on a million times in the cart at Walmart– and then, died a week later on the porch, because you never bothered to water them. Reason: not fun to water battered, ugly mums. …Creating warmth inside [...]
Country Living Fair [2011]
My 2 sisters and I had an awesome day out at the Country Living Fair last month. Watch slideshow here. And we made it a tradition (2nd year in a ROW now) to hit Tim Hortons on the way there. I love that place. Not fancy– yet, special somehow… Sisters in line. We really laughed [...]