Have you ever wanted to decorate a house - someone else's house ( Read more... )

WEll folks, today is the day we vote on the new contract. At 4 oclock we meet and go over what the company has offered - very little. Can I live with what they offer? YEs. Do I want to? No. Will my co-workers? Probably not. WHat's next? Who knows. The bargaining unit should be able to renegotiate, but they will probably not get anything ( Read more... )

Well, another Easter has come and gone. I tried my best to avoid jellybeans, but Harry decided to bring home two bags, to my dismay. He didn't manage to bring peeps or chocolate covered marshmallow eggs though. So I only lost one battle. I did buy too much chocolate wrapped in tempting spring colored foil wraps. The Rolo's are quickly ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm ready to predict the top three of 2006 American Idol competition ( Read more... )

We are all so ready for it to be spring! But it's not time. The air is clear and crisp. The flowers are peaking out of the ground, but seem to be in a suspended state of growth, hovering in the cool air, waiting for the sun to warm the ground, waiting for the ground-settling thunderstorms of spring. (Now there's a sentence for my English ( Read more... )

I begin this adventure on the coldest, snowiest of winter days. It's the kind of day I would bake something to get the yummy aroma of home cooking. It's the best kind of day to make cinnamon rolls and soup. When the kids were young, this would be the kind of day we would read Little House in the Prairie books out loud. In fact, I had a request ( Read more... )