Hopefully I make it out alive. The first day of moving I got stung by a wasp...and I'm allergic. Have a Happy Week and stay mildly out of trouble. … [Read more...]

What makes it even more special is that is my mom's engagement diamond. There are some good miles on that diamond with a lot of love behind it. … [Read more...]

  So the next couple weeks will probably be sparse around here on the blog. As the cocker spaniel in the box is indicating we are on the move. I decided it would be real fun to move in two weeks time. Ha! MDP and I had not planned on moving anytime soon but some circumstances changed and we needed to upgrade and so I am moving back into a home. With a gas stove! Which I am excited about that and the fact that it has a pantry I am not excited to be losing my kitchen island. Oh well. You can't win them all. I also gain more square footage and a third bedroom which is much needed when teenagers live with you every other weekend. In other news I completely forgot to ever mention who won the copy of Savory Sweet Life Cookbook. Here's the winner: Melissa says: June 27, 2012 at 10:19 am Delicious! I can’t get enough of peanut butter and chocolate! I’d love to have the ability to just *snap* my fingers and have a job done–especially chores like dishes and … [Read more...]

A few months ago I found something called The Birthday Project. A woman Robyn Bomar decided that when she turned 38 she would spend her birthday doing 38 random acts of kindness. I was impressed with this idea. Forty is a big one…or so everyone keeps telling me. :) I thought about doing 40 random acts of kindness on my 40th birthday and then came to the very large conclusion that I am far too lazy to do that. So I figured that I would do 40 random acts of kindness this year. I hope to continue this each year as I get older, adding one extra act a year. Seems doable. Hope it is. Today I turned 40. I got up with a little dog breath in my face and I knew it would be a good day. A quick trip to the gym as I have this weird thing about exercising my heart each birthday as a “gee thanks for still working heart” kind of thing. Then I had my breakfast donut (pink with Sprinkles) and got off and running (okay...not actually running). I already did my big birthday thing on Saturday. … [Read more...]