While Atti’s been in school, I’ve been sneaking away to a coffee shop to bury my nose in a book and a hot chocolate. And the book I’ve been reading is Story by Robert McKee, which is widely considered to…
2011 Year of Pleasures #19
I had a fantastic Mother’s Day this year. Atti and I ended up staying home from church, staying in bed for snuggles and storytime, and then when Bear came home he waited on me hand and foot, cooking anything I…
2011 Year of Pleasures #18
Bear and I actually went out on a movie date and that means that I get the best treat in the world – hot tamales and popcorn. I pop one of the candies in my mouth and then shove in…
2011 Year of Pleasures #17
We got talked into taking an entire banana cream pie home from the BBQ, and I ate it from the pan with a fork like a jerk. Man, it was good.
2011 Year of Pleasures #15
I am such a child about drinking water. A total baby. It tastes like dirt to me, but I know, oh how I know, all the benefits of drinking it, and all the evils it will save me from in…
2011 Year of Pleasures #14
I was in Big Lots the other day, can’t remember what for now, and while waiting in line I was browsing the cheap jewelry. It’s so unlike myself to make an impulse purchase, but I totally fell in love with…
2011 Year of Pleasures #13
I am trying so hard to avoid the mom rut in my dressing, but once you pass 30 and aren’t interested in looking like you’re 20, I’m starting to think it might be unavoidable unless I dress in cocktail dresses…
Pruning
Spring has hit me with a bang and I am absolutely starving to get my hands in some dirt. But, since we’re renting and have no idea how long we’ll be renting, there’s not much I can do about that.…
2011 Year of Pleasures #12
Look what came out in the wash with a load of thrifted clothes! It seems I just got paid to shop. And Miss Jem Kitty earned her food for another day by being a not so patient model.
Getting back to work
I have licked my wounds long enough. It’s time to rediscover my love of making things and bend that muse to my will. So I went out and did what was sure to get my creative juices flowing, I visited…