Coasting Along

I'm just poking my head in to say hi, and I don't know how a week went by without me noticing! I've been busy (emptying every cl...

You know, when it's 95 degrees outside, you can come up with all kinds of projects to keep you from having to go out into the swelter! I...

I got this lamp at a yard sale in May...I love the shade, but the base needs to be shabbied and funked up. What would YOU do with it? All id...

A few touches of green around my house: I've been painting doors today. Some of you may recall that we replaced all our interior doors--...

One last blast of red for "I Saw Red" week: So many people participated in "I Saw Red" that it's become a little fli...

I finally figured out why it gets harder and harder for me to conduct my periodic purges of all our excess stuff--it's because the older...

I haven't had a chance to look for red stuff today, but here's a picture I've been meaning to share: This is a gerbera daisy fro...

I'm sitting here on the couch with Todd, re-watching a Foyle's War DVD that he fell asleep halfway through a couple of days ago. To...

I don't want to be a big giant baby, I really don't--but it's supposed to be in the 90's here for the entire future 10-day f...

Sara at the Sadie Olive blog is doing an "I Saw Red" week, where you keep an eye out for red things and share them every day. Red...

I have just a couple of pictures from the last few weeks to share. My brother's family came to visit for Mother's Day weekend. It wa...

We were having our new mattress set delivered yesterday sometime between 8 and 10 AM, but we found a few sales that started at 7 AM, so we l...

We have a winner! Mandy, the Herbgirl of Calendula Court , was the one whose name came out of the teacup. I'm not sure that's compar...

Last May, Kim at The Twice-Remembered Cottage set up a big blogger's giveaway, and it was a lot of fun. I'm getting in on it this y...

Oh my, the flack I've been getting for letting this blog slide! Should I be flattered or should I tell my naggers to get a life? LOL. I...

Oh, what a gorgeous spring day we are having here. Today started out cloudy but the sun came out around lunchtime, so we've had big bill...

A driver is stuck in a traffic jam going into downtown Chicago . Nothing is moving north or south. Suddenly a man knocks on h...

So I'm downstairs this morning, tidying up the kitchen, eating a nice late breakfast, just getting ready to sit down with a cup of tea f...

Just poking my head in to say...there's only one reason I wish I'd had kids. Not for the companionship or the joy of knowing my gene...