Cheers

A glowing tradition of naughty or nice?

I just think Christmas is a time to embrace all the naughty little things. - Jade Thirlwall Post Inspiration - My childhood holiday decorations, remembering my mom setting them out and warning me and my brother not to touch them, and how much I miss her enthusiasm for her holiday traditional decorations, and Frank's Tuesday… Continue reading A glowing tradition of naughty or nice?

Adventures

It’s not the birthday present I wanted

Just to be clear, the arrival of a winter storm was not on my wish list for my birthday. Period. No matter how well it was planned and orchestrated by Mother Nature.  Even if she created the perfect climate for wet-stick-to-the-fence-kinda-snow, (think snowman building sticky) making it easy for me to notice it.  She was… Continue reading It’s not the birthday present I wanted

Adventures · Emptying the nest

It’s a slippery slope when whip cracker meets her match

I watched intently as Mr. cleverly convinced Mrs. that she met her whip-cracking match. A man with a small bottle of grout will do that no doubt. It was a great show. It made my ears ring. Mr. worked hard to get the grout into the $1 disposable bottle so then he could squeeze it… Continue reading It’s a slippery slope when whip cracker meets her match

Adventures

Prioritizing snow bills

What does the arrival of a snow storm and paying bills have to do with each other? Not much, other than they happened on the same day - TODAY. Someone was playing a joke and shook the snow globe while I paid bills.  The bills may have been slightly close to being behind.  The stack… Continue reading Prioritizing snow bills

Adventures · Emptying the nest

You’re going as what for Halloween?

If I were invited to a Halloween party this year, I'd have the perfect costume in mind to wear.  I can usually dream up something last minute to pull it off. When I did dress up (aka, back when we had kids around, pre-empty nest) I would base costumes on a current wardrobe I had… Continue reading You’re going as what for Halloween?

Adventures · Inspiration

Hang on leaves it’s almost time to say goodbye to fall

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay - Robert Browning Quick update - computer files were rescued & restored, so I may just be back in business - waiting to verify recent updates. Painting continues...along with the aches and pains of that. Today when I viewed comments on… Continue reading Hang on leaves it’s almost time to say goodbye to fall