Saturdays are for Thrifting

I don’t often reserve certain days for activities, unless that day is Saturday. Almost every Saturday morning (unless I’m at work or out of town) I’m up early and out the door to hit up my favorite thrift stores and flea markets. I don’t always find treasures. But when I do, I find the best […]

Keeping Warm

Just popping in to say that once I finish this project, I’m never knitting entrelac again… at least, never with tiny yarn and never a long scarf. This is seriously the project that never ends. Ever. I’m not finished. I really don’t think I will finish. I need to put this away until I have […]

Let The Festivities Begin

Halloween has come and gone… and without much excitement, I’m sorry to say. Last Halloween I went all out with a hand made costume and brought home the gold from the office costume contest (well, maybe not the gold, but I did bring home $75). This year I took the easy road and went as […]

Staying Indoors

This is all but a memory now. The season’s first frost has come and gone so my herb garden now looks like this: It’s not as glamorous (that is, if you consider a back porch of a pretty hohum condo glamorous) but it should do for the colder months. I always feel guilty having to […]

And the baking begins

When it’s finally cool enough to run the oven without having to open windows lest you’ll find us taking cold showers just to be able to put up with the heat in the house, you can’t pry me from the kitchen on a Sunday. Last weekend it was pumpkin cupcakes… with cream cheese frosting, no […]

Eight Years

Today marks the Sweet Boy and my 8th anniversary! 8 years ago today he picked me up to take me out to a friends house for some good, old fashion pumpkin carving. I think I carved a fortune teller or something. Funny how I can’t remember exactly what my pumpkin looked like, but I remember […]

Lately…

…the mornings greet me with a frosty blanket. Trees are losing their summer cloaks. The breeze brings whiffs of glowing fireplaces. The season has changed and with it my evenings and weekends have become busy in preparation for the Holidays. I’m one of those people that do not complain when the craft stores put out […]

this chair has nothing to do with this post other than it looks a bit spooky I wouldn’t consider my past experiences with the unexplained “haunted” or anything, at least, I didn’t consider them that way until recently. So, let me rephrase that, I’ve never really linked any of the unexplained things I’ve experienced in […]

Time’s Up!

Well, the time has come! I have a winner for the $150 Country Outfitter gift card. But before I announce the lucky name, I want to take a moment and thank all of you for entering and sharing that one thing you have always wanted in your closet. Hopefully I’ve inspired some of you to […]

A Texan and Her New Boots

UPDATE – this contest is closed. Thank you to all who entered! Isn’t one of the common Texan stereotypes one that involves boots? Do we all have boots? Are we born with boots? Do we only wear boots? I’m sure there is one about boots. And big hair. And fake boobs. Well, not to […]