“You do not know me yet. My son Thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a novel to give the reader a little taste of the story that is held within these pages. As your storyteller, I am to convey that this tale [...] This battle played out for days on the marble table in my bedroom when I finally decided I needed to document it. Obviously the archer is there to guard the rosary and the knight is determined to win it for himself while Aslan looks on indifferently. What a lovely day, our grandchildren brought carefully crafted valentines and Taite and Matthias woke up early and made some for us too. It was Sunday, it was Valentine’s Day and it was the one year anniversary of being in our new home. We needed to have a special meal. We bought salmon and normally we [...]  This past Saturday a few friends hosted me the most beautiful shower ever! It was a dressed up event starting at 5 in the evening complete with low-lighting, cocktail attire, and hor d’ oeuvres. One of the girls dreamed up three completely different mock-tail recipes and even made personalized labels for the “champagne” (I sampled [...] Taite had piano adjudication on Friday at 8:30 A.M. in a new location for me! So, naturally I was up late Thursday night studying the google map to chart my course. I decided to play fast and loose and only allow myself twenty minutes to be lost. Naturally on Friday morning at 8:15 A.M [...]  It’s always a good time of the year for little gifts; hostess gift, birthday, anniversary, get well soon . . . . The Spoon Sisters have you covered for just about any occasion. Best of all, they are offering you lovely pinkpeppers readers 10% off anything on the website. Just enter the promo [...] Taite turned 13! A teenager! Who’da thought she’d grow up this fast!!? So what do you get a thirteen year old for her birthday? Taite wanted to design her own sweatshirt for her birthday present, so working with the owner of the copyrighted flag and dancer and many emails later, a sweatshirt was born. It is [...] They all seemed so darned sincere, well except for the boxer fight ones, but otherwise if I simply deleted the link to Viagra, tanning, and the emails that look like iweruoiurew.com I think some would pass as honest to goodness heartfelt comments: “Nicely done! It looks as though you’ve caught the heartfelt essence of the position [...]  Most of my wonderful loot.
The library book sale happens only once a year and on a grand scale. I mark my calendar and wait with great excitement for it to come round. They have loads and loads of culled library books and most of them for only a quarter. That [...] To equate home made mayonnaise a.k.a. aioli with store bought mayo is like comparing home baked fresh out of the oven bread with the store bought sandwich bread in the plastic bag at your local grocer. I read My Life in France and was very intrigued by Julia Child’s obsession with mayonnaise. She just kept talking [...] This vegtable still life became the best chicken soup Zac and I decided we've ever had. Recipe: “Chicken soup with loads of vegetables” from Epicurious I have not had work since they sent us home at noon on Friday and as I look out my window now, tiny snowflakes continue to skeeter past in the wind, creating a total white-out. They look more like snow specks– as though a white-haired giant is getting a shave somewhere above us and the [...] This is my favorite of the two. Here are some lovely ideas for your Valentine’s cards. I adored her work so much that I got two of these for myself and plan on framing them for my guest bedroom. Visiting her site again, I saw some new works that walls might not be complete without. I’m totally [...] If you say it long enough, and loud enough, it is so. Global Warming is real, global warming is real, global warming… Immunization is bad, immunization is bad, immunization… Whole milk makes you fat, whole milk makes you fat, whole milk… I was amazed to hear our President during his State of the Union address speak of global warming as [...] Two days early, but not a minute too soon for me, David Justus Jude joined our family. We’ll call him Justus. I am in love. I am in awe. I am in a cloud of sleepless happy fatigue. Photography by Aunt Taite I just need to brag for a minute about Zac’s grandmother, my kid’s great grandmother, who we all call Nana. She can turn out unique handmade gift for anyone, from knitted children’s hoodies, to re-usable fabric grocery bags, to full-sized quilts. She’s made things that are are so clever I wonder why I’ve never seen such a thing before. Freyja’s Christmas [...] Here are our Valentine's decorations. Valentine’s Day is a simply delightful holiday for a month when one is wanting some cheering up, chocolates, and a dinner out. So here is a project you can do to brighten your very February windows. All you need is an iron, wax paper, and some crayons. Take two sheets of wax [...] |
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