This is a highly secret post. If word gets out, I will NEVER (ever, ever) hear the end of it. Pinky swear before you begin reading that this stays between us! We good? (Okay, here’s …
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This is a highly secret post. If word gets out, I will NEVER (ever, ever) hear the end of it. Pinky swear before you begin reading that this stays between us! We good? (Okay, here’s …
Continue readingIf we haven’t chatted in a while, things in my “perfect” world are NOT… (…perfect, that is). The kitchen project, while promising, is still in mid-phase hiatus (preview below). So, we’ve moved on to bathroom …
Continue readingAhhhh. The Fourth of July has come and gone. That means the coast is clear and nothing ahead but the rest of summer (keeping in mind that summer only technically began at the end of …
Continue readingToo many moons ago, after graduating college I was hired as a technical writer for a research and development firm. My dad was thought it was so cool that I was “a writer,” but I …
Continue readingDress. Heels. Candlelit table in the corner of a restaurant. White tablecloth. Bottle of wine. Handsome husband of 39 years seated across the table. Pass. (All but the handsome husband. He’s a keeper.) Pretty sure …
Continue readingIt’s a new day! I’ve hit the ground running and am leaning hard into the new year! That’s why I’m particularly excited to participate in this month’s Where Bloggers Live topic: “My New Year’s Resolutions.” …
Continue readingGuess what! This is post three in the “coolest thing I ever made” series. You’re wondering why I am compelled to torment you with preludes, am I right? Did you end up making a Crystal …
Continue reading…somewhere up-a New York way…“ (In this case, the “somewhere” referenced in the post’s title is actually a little to the west of Buffalo, New York… just across the border and about a 20-minute drive …
Continue readingThere has been a murder in my hallway. Well, maybe not a murder; something more akin to manslaughter. No, that’s not right, either. More like plantslaughter. Actually, INVOLUNTARY plantslaughter. Because this is an autobiographical crime …
Continue reading…what you can do today. Whose dumb idea was that proverb? I have thoughts for alternate endings: “Never put off until tomorrow… …what isn’t due until next week, month, etc.” …what you can mull about …
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