Home is more than a structure. It’s what you surround yourself with and carry inside.
It was one of those weekends. The drizzling and dripping never stopped. I found that a puddle about 2 feet wide and 2 inches deep had formed under the sliding barn door. I shoveled the water out this morning because I was afraid with the cold temperatures coming this week, the barn door will be…
Today was the big day. Cousin A was coming to my house to whip up some Christmas cookies. Well, neither of us are exactly experienced Christmas cookie queens so we had a few “live and learn” moments but they all ended up tasting good and that’s what matters. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Rather…
Thanksgiving morning started out with me making three loaves (not sure if you call these round things loaves) of bread. The bread was a big hit at my cousins. And I also brought an apple pie from Costco. But I’m getting ahead of myself. There was the usual kitchen business, getting everything ready to put…
You follow people’s lives in their blogs and you rejoice over the good times, but you hate seeing people go through the bad times. I suggest you read this post by Amy at the DVM’s Wife and KB’s post in Romping and Rolling in the Rockies and see if it doesn’t make you think about…
Costco has quit carrying Walkers Quadruple Chocolate Cookies! The cookies are made in Scotland but there was a website on the box so I figured, surely I can have the cookies airlifted to my home! But no!!! Walkers website did not list the Quadruple Chocolate Cookies anywhere! The closest cookie that I saw…
Yesterday I was reading an article on the WEBMD site called “50 Great Things About Women Over 50”. Quotes were taken from WebMD readers and a few clinical experts. Some things seemed rather superficial like: “Women over 50 are a powerful market force in today’s economy. Women buy 80% of consumer goods and services, and…
