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Soccer Mom

On: March 8th, 2010 at 11:19 am | Number of Comments » 0

Some of my girlfriends convinced me to give soccer a go a while back.  Talk about a fabulous workout!  We play together some mornings and do a little league at night.  League is coed so it is a fun change of pace.  Will and the kids were sweet enough to come to our last game. [...]


Sleep Tight!

On: February 5th, 2010 at 8:16 am | Number of Comments » 5

I pulled Will into one of my more recent projects.  I found a killer deal on a bed for Annie a while back, but decided it needed a bit of refinishing.  He took over sanding after I found out I was pregnant.  After everything happened, I stole my project back and finished it out.  Annie [...]


Cranberry Delight

On: January 25th, 2010 at 7:47 am | Number of Comments » 2

So I have been going a little crazy in the kitchen lately.  Would you believe I have actually started making dinner again?!  I pulled out a recipe I haven’t tried for years.  My kids have been refusing to eat dinner since I have started cooking…hmmmm.  Anyway, I won’t let them deter me so as an [...]


Give Me Some Figgy Pudding

On: December 11th, 2009 at 7:29 am | Number of Comments » 2

Okay, so maybe I’m not a fan of your typical Christmas goodies. Fruit cake and figgy pudding don’t exactly whip me into a frenzy.  I did finally start all of my Christmas baking yesterday and got almost all of it finished.  I found the mixing, pounding and dipping to be very therapeutic.  It feels good [...]


Ornaments Galore!

On: November 24th, 2009 at 1:11 pm | Number of Comments » 1

This is one of the few times,  I think my camera picked up a little too much detail…or flaw is more accurate. So maybe I should have pulled the hot glue spider webs off the ball before I snapped the shot.  I’ve been having so much fun finding different types of ornaments to make for [...]