Good news is, the heat has broken and I am a happy camper. The bad news is, it has (so far) been unlike my favorite month (September) which is usually sunny and warm but with a little autumn "edge" to it that pleases me. Instead, all the rain we did NOT get this summer is messing up my favorite month. Oh well, it'll either get better or....there ( Read more... )

In the continuing saga of the bad soapmaker, I should first of all say that my soaps are functional, they just aren't pretty. I felt I should state this, since I talked to my friend Larry on the phone last night and when I told him I'd send him some soap there was a pained silence ( Read more... )

I'm a crafty kind of girl. I have moved through sewing, macrame, embroidery, crocheting, knitting, quilting, card-making, silk flower stuff, decoupage....and I've probably forgotten to list a couple of phases I went through. I love doing crafts, and I have always been very good at all the crafts I did.

Well, the ones I wasn't so hot at, I didn ( Read more... )

I would like to thank all of the people who supported me in the Relay for Life. My team was the number two highest fund raiser, mainly due to a calendar we produced. But your contributions helped a great deal as well, and I so appreciate it.

( About the American Cancer Society Relay For Life )

As you may remember from last year, every July my family has a team in the local Relay For Life. This is a fund raiser for the American Cancer Society, and we started our team in memory of my mother and brother. This year the event will be held July 9-10th ( Read more... )

I'm feeling chatty again ( Read more... )

Well, wouldn't you just figure? As soon as I posted that nothing of interest ever happens to me, something DID ( Read more... )

Hello everyone ( Read more... )

Happy Mother's Day!!!!!

( More details than you probably want )