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My surprising contribution to the blog-a-sphere

People, I am making an impact. Don’t believe me? Well, WordPress stats lets you see what search terms people use to find your blog. It is probably meant to help…

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Yes, yes, I really am THAT fancy. And we have playdoh – do you?

I don’t like to brag or anything, but this morning I made our own PLAYDOH. And it was amazing, so by extension, I am amazing. And I made it smell…

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Have you ever had an experience that was just so absurd that you had to laugh?

I have them. Often. Perhaps too often. It’s beginning to make me think that maybe it is me. Nah. My most recent ‘what the hell is life playing at?’ Here…

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I need your advice – how do you handle kids and mealtimes and then, please, remind me why we don’t just eat our young?,

We have six very distinct personalities living under our roof. Seven if we count the half-feral cat* who adopted us when we moved into this house, but since her issues…

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No time to post, it’s cupcake time!

Deacon, my Deacon is turning six today! And while his desired dinner is no problem, the cupcakes ain’t gonna make themselves so I had better get hopping! Oh, and just…

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I’ll show you mine if you show me yours

This post could be about so many different things. Most of them probably x-rated or mildly illegal. But it’s mostly not. Keswick is growing. Newer, bigger and better stores are…

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Another reason why I love living on the fringe of Keswick proper (and once again, I narrowly escape the po-po and lock up)

The other day my four smalls and I were on our way to Tae Kwon Do when what catches my eye on the grassy part of the roadside? Something red.…

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Being an only child broke my ‘listening’ ears and other b.s. excuses that I try, without success. to cling to

For the life of me, I cannot listen. Or maybe I cannot hear. But I’m pretty sure that it is a listening issue. I cannot stop talking or interrupting long…

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It’s always such a relief when the universe reminds me to be humble and stop being an ass

In the past two weeks, I have achieved some fantastic bone-head feats. I have made shrimp Alfredo without peeling the shrimp (although I did manage to peel the tails –…

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