Coasting Along

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...

I've been cruising various sewing and crafts sites for a couple months now, and at some point I found this site and this pattern for an ...

Here's an awesome little time-waster of a site: carve your own virtual jack o' lantern ! I love Halloween. I ordered 100 glow-stick ...

Todd was playing golf Monday afternoon when a friendly pigeon started following his group from hole to hole. It started diving at a couple o...

The thrifting gods have smiled on me lately. I got re-bit by the thrifting bug after a really long hiatus...I think what caused it was readi...

Today marks a momentous moment--the day the slippers come out of the back of the closet and take up their cold-weather role as my feet's...

I was making the turn into our neighborhood this week when it struck me that it was a really similar day to the day (bright, sunny, autumnal...

Okay, so I need to get batteries for the spare digital camera, because this is my umpteenth post with no accompanying photos. Not that I hav...

Well, I've certainly neglected this blog over the summer, haven't I? Virginia has a peculiar weather pattern I've noticed the pa...

The phone rang very early this morning and woke me up. It was only a telemarketer (grrr), but once I climbed back into bed, I thought about ...

That's what we had today courtesy of TS Ernesto. The wind actually woke me up this morning...and for it to penetrate through the hum of ...

The NSBR (non-scrapbooking-related) board at Two Peas is a blessing and a curse. A curse because it's easy to lose large chunks of time...

I am basking, BASKING I tell ya, in the wonderful cool dry midnight air coming in my study window. I think this is the first time we've ...

I've been addicted to finding vintage/sewing/crafting blogs lately. Here are some of the very best I've found: Yarnstorm . She's...

We headed up to Richmond this past weekend to check out a flea market Todd had heard was good, but...um, not so much. Lots and lots of garba...

As promised, here are a few of my flea market/garage sale/antique store treasures that I've acquired in the past few weeks. I've had...

I took these pictures for my niece Kylie, who is a bug...I was going to say "bug lover," but "bug adorer" would be more ...

Several people have informed me that I am being terribly neglectful of my blog. I admit it's nice to be missed. I've been in a summe...

-I'm going to do a rain dance--the sky is getting gray and I SO don't want to have to water my garden tonight! -Once again, I'm ...