I got an iTouch for my birthday. The birthday that isn’t until this Sunday. But that’s not the point. I got one!!!! OMG I love it. My oldest daughter got one last summer, but while I found it cute, I didn’t see any major point in having one. I mean, [...]

I used to decorate cakes. You know, the tried and true Wilton School of cake decorating type of cakes. It gave me a whole lot of respect for people who do that for a living. Squeezing out all that butter cream is hard on the hands! Resisting eating it is hard [...]

I’m obsessed with bread making right now.  Quick breads, biscuits, yeast breads. Anything high in carbs, warm and cozy feeling for my tummy. This doesn’t jive really well with my healthy writer resolutions (you can check out my blog every Thursday on Healthy Writer), but I’m working on that. My bread preferences definitely lean [...]

I’d actually forgotten about my obsession with Barbie until this week.  Despite my best efforts, neither of my daughters was ever much of a “girly girl” when it came to play time.  House was okay.  Anything in the play kitchen was cool.  But paperdolls?  No way!  Baby dolls?  Eh.  Barbie dolls?  Sigh, do we have [...]

This week’s obsession? Tinkerbell. I adore my puppy. Except, at 3, she’s not really a puppy any longer (shhh, don’t tell her though). She’s a big baby, though.  We got her when she was only 6 weeks old.  She was the runt of the litter and looked like a darling little grizzly [...]