Another crocus pic before they disappear I get frustrated by things that are out of my control. The discontinuation of my favorite flavor of Extra gum (the bums!). Other drivers. George W. Bush (yes, I can vote for the other guy, but I did that last time and look what […]

My oh-so blue dining room chairs We have a lot to do around here. A LOT! So many smallish projects that add up to one busy spring-summer-fall for us Smiths. I guess it’s good to have goals. I drew up the Project List the other night and the mister took […]

Full-fledged compost, made by little ol’ me I don’t have a green thumb. I’m very slowly developing one, but right now my thumb is only a very light, barely there, shade of green. We moved into this house in ’00 and focused on things other than the yard. The following […]

Tiny crocus bulbs making their presence felt There was no way I could hang out inside today once the sun finally came out. The past few days have finally brought warmth to the area, but the sun hadn’t been involved until this afternoon. When it broke free from the clouds, […]

Meow My lovely new handmade purse arrived today courtesy of Heidi at My Paper Crane. I discovered her site through Loobylu. Both of these ladies are very talented in that crafty sort of way, which I’m not. Can’t sew. Can’t knit. Can’t draw. So I rely on people like them […]

Canned goodness It’s a grey, dreary and very muddy day. Yet I’m still in good spirits. The other day, when it was actually sunny and bright, I was feeling a bit down. So this is a welcome change. Then, I was dealing with a disappointment regarding work, as well as […]

Upside-down Emily When you become a parent, you become a member of a club. One that has its own lingo and lore. So if you’re a non-parent, like me, there are times when you’re around these members and you just don’t understand the “speak.” Like the other day when Jolene […]

St. Augustine, Florida

I’m picking through my emails the other day, 95% of which are spam, and I come across one from Classmates.com: Lori, you have an email from Tom! Immediately I guess the topic of this communication. Tom was our class president, or some such office, and that means…you know where I’m […]

Thankfully you can’t see the dust that’s built up over the winter

Egads! We can finally see the deck I will in no way proclaim that spring is here. We Michiganders know better than that. We could have a blizzard in May and it wouldn’t surprise me. But a little spring-like thaw is always welcome. This one brought with it much rain […]

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