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Christmas Shopping

I’m happy to say that I have completed about 75% of my Christmas shopping. I’m sure there are those of you out there who are totally done: everything is wrapped and ready and all your Christmas cards are mailed. You are my readers who don’t have kids! 😛 So far I’m really pleased with the…

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Reuse that old luggage!

Have you been dying to figure out how to make a chandelier out of plastic store hangers? Wondering what to do with all those empty cookie tins you receive over the holidays (since you know you shouldn’t just throw them out)? Have you agonized over what to do with your Samsonite luggage now that you…

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Blog Action Day: Poverty

Wordless Wednesday is on a break today, to allow for Blog Action Day. This year’s theme is poverty.

During this time of financial crisis in our country, it is understandable that people are tightening their wallets and worrying about themselves and their own. Times are tough for (almost) everyone. If you are reading this blog, however, I’m guessing that you have eaten a decent meal recently. I’d also be willing to bet there is a beverage sitting precariously close to your keyboard: coffee, soda, water (in my case, all of the above).

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Sushi, er, Seaworld!

So a week ago Sunday I received a call from our good friend Niamh (pronounced Neeve). She was looking to go somewhere for a quickie vacation and decided to head to Orlando. Woo hoo! Our first non-relative visitor from Denver.

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