Coasting Along

Oh, what a change a week makes! Here are our flowering backyard trees now. So gorgeous. If anyone can tell me what these tree...

I had the most fabulous weekend...I scrapped all day Saturday and most of Sundayafternoon. It was heavenly. I can't remember the last ti...

I already wrote my post for today, but there's a blog challenge at Two Peas today, and I wanted to do it, for once. 1. List the peopl...

If I had any doubt spring was here, today would definitely prove it to my satisfaction. It's sunny and in the seventies and just beautif...

I wanted to post a few pics of some of the stuff I got last weekend, but I can't find the camera battery. So here are some pictures alre...

Why didn't anyone ever warn me that the danger of quilt shows isn't in the sewing supplies??? My friend Cheryl and I went to the Mid...

Thirty-six years ago today, this precious little baby boy was born...and he grew up into a lovely man and I married him! Happy birthday, swe...

I bought these tulips a couple weeks ago, and I just uploaded the pics off the memory card. They were so gorgeous against my apple-green wal...

Well, it took a couple days but the freaking headache finally went away. Sheesh! Anyway, this writing class...it's been really interesti...

My alarm clock woke me up this morning, which is really unusual--I always wake up at least a few minutes before it goes off, and turn on NPR...

This was the view out my study window late this afternoon. We went from 70 degrees yesterday to 32 today. We had some really wet snow flurri...

Well, it's a lazy Sunday for me, anyway. Todd and his dad are working on our closet re-modeling job, so they haven't had a relaxing ...

Todd had a very happy afternoon today...he got to go striper fishing on his co-worker Dave's boat. A few weeks ago, some of the office g...

So this three-year-old kid comes into the store today with his mom. I came out of the back where I was bagging die cuts and said "Hi...

I was talking to my friend Bev last night and she mentioned that she hadn't seen any pics of our house yet. Which reminded me that I had...

I'm in love with another man. I've never met him, but he fulfills my needs in a way I've never experienced before. His name? Tra...

The other night I defiantly sat down to watch TV among the boxes. Todd passed through the living room and said, "Why aren't you wor...

Life in a new house is always a series of adjustments, but the worst adjustments of all are the unexpected ones. This house came with a wash...

My friend Beth stopped by the store yesterday and said--"I keep checking your blog but all I keep seeing is 'Glory to the Newborn K...

Merry Christmas! It seems like a good day to catch up this darned blog, since we are home alone [insert McCauley Culkin-type hands-on-face e...