Most of the time I eat healthy. I really do. We try hard to follow a nutritarian diet: get as many nutrients as you can for every calorie you eat. There are lots of junk foods we forego and I think nothing of it.   But if you know me, you also know I have a sweet tooth. For super dark chocolates, first...Read More

You know how there are days when it seems that everything that can fall apart does exactly that?  We've had several of those days in a row. And they make life quite interesting. Not to say that we haven't managed to enjoy our Thanksgiving holiday immensely, because we really have...but circumstances have done their best to try to prevent that. Long story short,...Read More

This is the view outside my kitchen window. Looks rather wild out there, but really it's beautiful. Trees are in various stages of shedding their leaves and changing colors. I only have a few oak trees out there that just turn straight to brown and lose their leaves. Most flow through various colors of gold, yellow or red and then flutter slowly down...Read More

Welcome to my house, my foyer and my new Flor tiles rug!  This rug, I am a little embarrassed to say, is about 2, possibly 3 years in the making. When it comes to decorating decisions in my house, I don't make them quickly. Well, that's not entirely true. I deliberate and measure and compare and contrast and then start over. And hash...Read More

My latest knitting project was yet another inspiration from Purl Soho in NYC.  This particular project was actually in a book I bought from Purl called More Last Minute Knitted Gifts. The Entrelac Baby Blanket. This was one of the most unique knitting projects I've ever undertaken. Entrelac is a style of knitting where you basically knit a series of square and triangles...Read More

Last night, Kyle had to work till about 8, and the kids and I popped down the street briefly to Zach and Anna's house to sing Happy Birthday to Avery who turns 3 today. Which means that we were eating birthday cake when we should have been eating dinner.  But I was still feeling totally cruddy, totally snotty and stopped up and just...Read More

I'm beginning to think I see a light at the end of this tunnel.   Just maybe. For the past month, it seems we have been battling bugs and viruses and colds and icks. I shouldn't complain, really, because it hasn't happened to us in a long time. I think our recent succumbing to illness could be directly related to our not eating quite...Read More

A few months ago, a co-worker of Kyle's told him about a British mystery show that he really liked: Foyle's War. It was interesting, historically accurate and best of all, available at our public library. Kyle thought it was something I might like and he checked out one. We were hooked, big-time. The show is set in Hastings, England during early WWII, a...Read More

I confess that I'm not very good at planning surprises.  I don't plan them often enough.  But for some reason, a few months ago, well before our anniversary, I got the idea to plan a surprise "get away" with Kyle.  I did some research and picked a local Bed and Breakfast, The Rosement, that sounded just right, and made a reservation. And then...Read More