Chris' twin brother (also known as the Brother-husband. Everyone should get one. They are so helpful) came to town last weekend from Utah on a layover to Hawaii. One afternoon, we decided to take a drive. We drove until ended up here:  2 hours and 140 miles north of LA. We ended up in Solvang.…

"What's that pokey thing in your shirt?""Oh dear, it looks like my under-wire is coming out." During an afternoon game of Candy Land, I pulled it out. He was amazed. The coolest thing ever. It made a re-appearance at dinner tonight. He pulled it out of nowhere and started using it as a FORK. From…

I'm helping to plan an upcoming baby shower. I'm in charge of the invitations. I made them. All 40+ of them. Then, mere moments before they were to be distributed, it was brought to my attention that I printed them with the WRONG DATE. On another note, I just pulled a screw out of Kate's…

My sister was in Vegas for a week and so I drove up with the kids for a less-than-24-hour road trip. I remembered that I had a free night at the Bellagio Hotel that I'd been hanging onto for 3+ years (that I got back in the day when I was a working girl, and…

 About a week ago, I received a fragile, liquid & perishable package (which I am still debating reporting to my local area officials) from my sister in Vermont. It was actually addressed to Henry which he was so excited about. That is until we opened the package and it contained fermenting goo in the form…

Little Miss Cutie Pie turned 9 months on Valentines. She's starting to mimic what we do and rolling around like crazy. She's gnawing on a big soft pretzel here. Eating anything and everything and happy as a clam.

It's a perfectly rainy pre-Valentines day. We had a morning trip to Target for a humidifier (coughing kids), box of legos (kicking myself for not ebaying them- have you seen the cost for a blasted box of legos?) and new booster seat which resulted in lots of "This is AWESOME!!! Thank you TARGET! Let's call…

A new blog banner. It brings me such joy and jubilee. I can't believe I hadn't changed it in 3 years. Thank you, Lyndsay. You are a wunderkindt. I *heart* YOU. xo

Of course you do! Head on over to the hip and always delightful Store & Style for a Valentine tutorial by yours truely. It's a super easy project that you can whip up in no time (and it's oh so easy on the pocketbook!) xo

It was good. I'm just sayin'. On that last batch of meringues I made, I piped 4 large meringues and piped a rim around on top of the heart to create a little well on the inside, perfect for filling with berries. I used a bag of mixed frozen berries, added a little water &…