My friend called me yesterday to tell me about a little conversation she overheard between my daughter and her son when they were playing at her house a few days ago.  Evidently they have been studying the Greeks in their homeschooling curriculum, and her 4-year-old son was pretending to be Zeus.  And he asked my [...]

I have a new review up over here.  Go hear about the miracle product that changed my life.  Okay, okay, so it’s not THAT dramatic.  But admit it.  You’re intrigued.  So go check it out!

A few weeks ago I read somewhere that it’s a good idea to have a guest poster.  I’ve seen other blogs do this, and I thought, why not!?  Who should I ask?  (Is it who or whom?  I never know.) I considered several of my loyalist readers and favorite blog reads, and I decided to [...]

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Angie, of youlookfab fame, suggests that her clients try to create an individual stamp by throwing that ‘something special’ into their clothing and accessory mix".  You’ll need to read her post to get the complete picture.  Then come back here and tell me what you think your "something special" is. My natural tendency is to [...]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to those who have done their Amazon shopping through the links on my site.  I appreciate it muchly!  I’m certainly not going to get rich by being an Amazon Affiliate, but every little bit helps offset the costs of running the ol’ blog, and I can’t do it without [...]

If you were a little girl growing up in the eighties as I was, you probably remember The Event the Miss America pagent was every year.  We would loyally watch the Miss Virginia pageant every summer and then eagerly await the Miss America pageant in September.  My mom and I (and my dad too maybe, [...]