Mess Free – Sort Of

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. While I like Valentine’s Day it’s never been an especially big thing for me. As a kid my mom always made my brothers and sister and I a big heart shaped sugar cookie. She took some cake decorating classes in her 20s and would decorate them beautifully with flowers and our [...]

A Phone, A Case, and Some Apps

Right after Christmas ODD finally traded in his almost-five-year-old Blackberry and got a new phone. He chose a Samsung Captivate Glide because he likes having a real keyboard. I was also due for an upgrade but hadn’t decided what I wanted yet so I’ve been thinking about it for the last month or so, trying [...]

Kindle Love

I’ve lightly considered getting a Kindle for a few years but didn’t know much about them so never really gave it serious thought. I thought it might be like reading a computer screen and they were probably really expensive. Besides, I like real books; the smell, the weight, the feel of the pages. Then last [...]

Fall Jackets

These jackets have been a long time coming. As in I made the kids some fall jackets last year and wanted to make some heavier ones but never got around to it. It ended up being a good thing because when I pulled out Wingnut’s jacket this spring after all the snow had melted it [...]

Ribbon Stripes

I’ve sort of been puzzling about curtains for the kids room since we moved in.  We’ve never bothered with curtains in their rooms before because the windows always looked okay without.  This time around, though, the room looks rather unfinished with no curtains.  I wanted something that would go with the red and blue in [...]