Thanks, Carolyn, for my latest award!

The good news is, after wearing my hand brace religiously for a week, my hand and arm complaints were practically non-existent.  The bad news is, without the pain and discomfort to remind me of my limitations, I stopped wearing my brace, and now my problems are back. The good news is, it worked before, so [...]

As our trusty minivan has exceeded the 100,000 mile mark, we have been having intermittent trouble with various mechanisms.  For one, the manual sliding door will get inexplicably jammed shut, and the kids will all have to enter through the automatic door on the other side.  Invariably, after a few days, as mysteriously as it [...]

When I went to the She Speaks conference in June, I found myself in the unfortunate predicament of being in an airport all by myself with nothing to read.  After meandering around the magazine stand for a while, I picked up a copy of Sophie Kinsella’s The Undomestic Goddess for my reading pleasure.  I had [...]

I’m over on Chic Critique today talking about my new BFF – eyebrow gel.  Check it out!

Last night there was also live music — a young woman who played the violin and the piano and sang.  She performed a mixture of classical music and hymns — many of them favorites of mine.  When she was singing It Is Well With My Soul in her soulful voice, I had cold chills.  It [...]

After the feeding frenzy at my neighbor’s house last night, I was going to "be good" today.  But tonight I had agreed to be a pretend photographer at the 80th birthday party of a friend’s father.  The meal was Korean, and if you know anything about Korean dinners, there is a LOT of food.  I [...]