Princess Katherine

Finally found the tiara.

Book Review: Crossing the Tracks

Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber So it turns out that despite my big! ideas! to the contrary! I haaaaate writing book reviews.  It feels like school, and that’s not really what I’m after on a day to day basis, returning to high school (shudder).  Or else I write something bitchy and then the AUTHOR [...]

Dear Internet, I Have a Question

So for absolutely ages we’ve had either 1.no patio furniture or 2. ghetto patio furniture from Walmart. Last year when our backyard got all fixed  up, we bought a new patio set from IKEA…which you can see here: And we did use that furniture a lot, to eat at.  But it turned out to be [...]

This May Be the Ugliest/Creepiest Thing I’ve Ever Made

Seriously, this is why I can’t be left home alone with no car and six packages of Peeps.

Things I’d Save In A Fire*: My Velvet Painting

I grew up all the way across the country from my maternal grandparents.  They lived on a dairy farm and I lived in a subdivision, but every summer we would go visit them, and those three weeks were some of my very happiest times.  Vermont seemed like a paradise of dusty roads and clear lakes [...]

My Tomatoes

Likely of general interest to no one on earth, but thrilling to me.  Here’s the tomatoes in my garden this year: Brandywines (my favorite) Early Girl. Nothing special, but they’re early, so you gotta have em.  Yellow Pear. I love these. Rutgers Tomato. New this year. Planted because I’ve always heard they grow a mean [...]

The Infamous Wax Paper Chandelier

Not sure how I feel about it yet. Opinions?                                                                           P.S. What’s under there is a boob light, so [...]

Damn I Wish It Was Friday

1. Today has been one of the worst days of my entire parenting career.  I have been trying to put the groceries away for three hours. I tried to think of fun mom activities (lie on the floor on a giant piece of paper and I’ll trace around you!) all while doing ninety loads of [...]

My Easter Menu

I’m uninspired Re: my Easter Menu.  It feels like such a rehash every year.  And it’s right when I want to be eating tomatoes fresh from my garden and we’re still stuck eating oranges and asparagus.  (I live a tough life, I know).  Hopefully I’ll churn something up with this blog post.  Lovely imagery, isn’t [...]

The Top Ten Things I Learned This Weekend

1. My husband is a saint among men. 2.  Amy will always tell you to wear the red shoes.  She will always be right. 3.  Phillip Cheung is just as awesome as you think he is, especially because he will happily allow you to refer to him as The Cheungster, Motown Philly, or P.C. Cheung [...]