Mind Flush

We went sledding. It was a big hill. There were a few other people there. It was very, very cold. I wore snow pants, and a jacket, and a...

And yea, verily, there was much rejoicing with new toys and old friends!

Pirates - you can tell they're pirates because they yell things like "AHOY" and "MATEY" at random intervals - sing t...

It wouldn't be Christmas without some serious baking going on around here. This year I decided to use up some leftover Halloween candy t...

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We're full service around here - we bring the Christmas carols right to you, and don't even ask for wassail in return!

Since some (well, actually ALL) of our extended family is unable to join us for Christmas this year, I'm doing the next best thing and b...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/nerd-tivity-scenes/ I still think the funniest thing is that some of our friends' kids used to use the ...

Liza's newest obsession: Boogie Woogie Hedgehog, which she acts out with the hedgehog figure from one of her Playmobil sets. Here'...

Remember last year's winter dance recital, with the cute hairdo and the almost complete lack of dancing by my daughter ? This year we al...

Here's a new cookie recipe, courtesy of Liza pointing to a picture of a cookie and my tweaking of a recipe in my first edition copy of t...

... and finally figured out how to use the scanner after the fifth failed installation attempt? "Best Piece of Art Liza Ever Made,...

There's a great horned owl calling from the backyard of one of our neighbors. It's only hooting every few minutes, so I can't e...

This is the time of year when I look at all the catalogs and commercials enviously, thinking how nice it would be to have this or that. Wou...

http://www.dianaskitchen.com/page/favorite/pretzel.htm Try it - it's strangely compelling. Also, if you put enough of it on your plate ...

Very difficult to write a blog post while watching Elf and fending off the 4-year-old's full-body cuddles. So instead, I'm letting ...

There's turkey on the table, football on the television, a foot-tall stack of advertisements in the newspaper, and a 4-year-old on the 4...

Today I helped cook: - the roasted vegetables for a salad - a pumpkin/apple pie - the stuffing - pretzel salad I'm a little bit pooped ....

Because I just had to put all my clothes back on, reboot the computer, convince it to find a signal, and come here to post, just so I can pa...

This is me posting from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, just because I can. Thank you, cellular internet connection! Yes, I'm in the passeng...