Coasting Along

I finally took some time today and sat down and figured out how to customize my blog, instead of whining about not knowing how. What a conce...

November is such a great month--cool temperatures, leaves at their peak, Christmas things popping up in the stores, stews in the crockpot an...

Hope everybody had a fun Halloween! We sat on our front porch and handed out candy for a couple of hours to the usual assortment of princess...

While having a post-lunch cup of tea, I was looking out the patio doors and enjoying the beginnings of fall leaves in the backyard...thought...

Well, I certainly didn't intend to vanish from my blog for days and days. There hasn't been too much going on here as of late. I ove...

We've had a nice Labor Day weekend. Todd's done some fishing and some working on our new mantel. I had a yard sale and did laundry a...

I have done ZERO crafting since Christmas, but like clockwork, our heat and humidity blew away on September 1, and like clockwork, my brain ...

We went up to Williamsburg on Saturday to do a little shopping. We ended up in the downtown area--Duke of Gloucester Street has shopping at ...

Well, I was in a cranky mood yesterday, wasn't I? I'll try to be nice today and spare you the rant on horrible Christmas music I was...

I'm afraid I need to clarify something from my last post...I don't want the zombie bear for Angelo. I want it for ME. Yes, I am a sh...

A couple more backyard pics...the red leaves of our little dogwood tree, and the view from our dining room. The picture doesn't half do ...

We're in the glory days of fall down here, and I'm loving the gorgeous trees. Our backyard keeps getting prettier everyday...I need ...

Halloween was great...we had about 75 trick-or-treaters, and the glow sticks were a big hit with everyone, from the tiniest toddler to the t...

Sunday was my thirty-sixth birthday. I had a low-key but fun weekend...Saturday we went to the Poquoson Seafood Festival, which is just a to...

Late last night I was sitting at the computer with the window cracked, and I could hear owls hooting to each other up and down the ravine in...