Mind Flush

When Jason and I bought this house, it was in serious need of (mostly cosmetic) updates. The kitchen was particularly depressing, despite th...

http://www.jokaroo.com/funnyvideos/selfish_cat.html Thanks to favorablyimpressed at Cooks Talk for the link - this video made my night!

"We'll sell you a car, even if your credit is so bad your mama won't lend you money."

Some of my recent purchases, finally out of the closet thanks to the warm weather: I love the fact that with the original file, I can zoom...

Yes, she is indeed the happiest baby on the planet: She also looks like she's about seven months pregnant - look at the gut on this kid!...

Ah, the dreaded bathtime photos. I figured since Liza is no longer in the baby tub, it was time for some new ones: waiting for the tub to...

Yes, mother, you were right - it was darn near impossible to get her to keep the sunglasses on. I had to take about 15 shots before I got th...

On a recent bout of retail therapy at Target I checked out the gardening stuff they have for little kids, which is just as cute this year as...

When I was in high school I was invited to go out with a friend of mine on his boat. Not a yacht, mind you, but a small sailboat he had buil...

We just got home from a remarkably productive session of errand-running, and I've been trying to catch up on my favorite web sites while...

When Jason and I visited Utah a few years ago on vacation, we were surprised to see warning signs saying that we shouldn't approach wild...

Why had I not heard of this stuff before? My God, it made such a difference - Liza spent all day yesterday crying every time she peed, her ...

Topic 1: Why my husband is my hero ... Not only is he easy on the eyes, but Jason also almost ridiculously helpful around the house. Compare...

... or are there few things that say "family" more than dolls, knives and mini choppers? Ah, how I love living in a small town ......

If you never saw the "before" version, count yourself as lucky. Imagine this chandelier, only tarnished to the point where you co...

"Failure to thrive" - that's the "reason for visit" listed on the receipt I got at the pediatrician's office tod...

If my super power is being able to create breaks in traffic, my daughter's seems to be packing away insanely large amounts of food into ...

So far I've managed to resist buying Liza a sandbox (although the ones I've seen on the Step 2 web site are sooo tempting), but we...

I've discovered that Liza, as small and generally helpless as she is, is good for at least one thing - I get much better service at hard...

WEKU's fund drive is in full swing, and I'll be helping cajole listeners into forking over big bucks. Tune in online to hear me dur...