Tex-Mex Lasagna and fresh greens salad Anyone who’s met me in person can tell you that I’m quite the talker. A Chatty Kathy, as they used to say back in the day. So it’s surprising even to myself that I’ve gone so many days without much text here. (Although photos […]

I used the boy to show the perspective I ambled out to my garden tonight to give it a once over. I’d pulled two zucchinis out in the past week, and there were some tomatoes, cukes and peppers emerging. I’d been out just two or three days ago, so I […]

During a visit to my mom’s this weekend, she announced that she was going to dig out the Little People house from her attic for Dev to play with. I had no idea she still had it. My mom’s not nearly as sentimental as I am. She doesn’t pack-rat useless […]

All pics snapped at Norman Kruse Park in Muskegon, Michigan. And there was, of course, ice cream at the Frosty Oasis afterward. The chocolate s’more sundae to be exact.

I know this is a bad photo, but I loved the varying degrees of blur — and that my husband was the only one who didn’t blur, handsome lad that he is Saturday was the celebration of the 20-year reunion of the KCHS class of 1985. Whoopee. Well, it was […]

Bought this one today to replace the poor red one I murdered

With Reeds Lake in the background

Four ears So it pretty much rains every day now here in Michigan. Not just sprinklings or droplets of rain either. I’m talking serious downpours. My containers can’t drain the water out fast enough before the next deluge arrives. Crazy. I took Juliette out for her first walk in three […]

Wicker Park, Chicago My new computer is coming any day now. Luckily my husband is the techy type and sees the value in upgrading every few years to keep things flowing smoothly. He actually forced this change on me, though. Honestly, I love my current iMac to pieces. That swivel […]

Flags flapping in the breeze outside of the Grand Plaza Hotel (I wrote the copy for their website, by the way!) It took us until the last day of our four-day weekend to actually break away from house and yard stuff to do something as a family. Family with a […]