I like to bake. Like a lot. Usually cakes, cookies, and pies. Breads are a once a year type thing and only when I am really dying for homemade bread. And since I typically want to bake the sweet stuff, I end up not baking very often so that we aren’t living off of cookies [...]

Did you ever notice how Murphy’s Law is pretty darned accurate 90% of the time? Like if you paint your nails, your face will suddenly itch and you can’t scratch because you have fresh paint on your nails? And even better you paint your toenails and then suddenly you need to pee like a race [...]

Yesterday was a whirlwind and I am still not quite sure where exactly it went. It began waking up and seeing the boys left eye still swollen shut and his right eye almost totally shut (which it had not been the night before). Enter panic mode. I call the doctors office promptly at 8. And [...]

The last three days have been a whirlwind. Friday our tax money came in so the first thing we did was sent in our state tax payment. Then we did the one thing I couldn’t wait to do, pay off my laptop. It’s mine now…..all mine. And I have been paranoid ever since that something [...]

I love shoes. At one point I had 200 pairs of shoes because I really love shoe shopping. Several years ago my hubs conducted an intervention and off went more than half of my shoes to Goodwill. Since then my shoes have worn down quickly and I am in need of some flats and sneakers [...]