Working in front of a fireplace on Monday... working with the windows open on Thursday. This is spring in East Tennessee!  In other new...

I've mentioned this before, but both the Hubs and I are Recovering INTJs . However, dealing with huge unknowns and total lack of control...

Apparently there was some kind of "Off the Hallmark Radar" event yesterday where people celebrate hugs. So sorry I missed it [inse...

Ebola... Are you worried about Ebola? Read this... a rational look at Ebola in the States, from someone who has lived through one Ebola ou...

In late April, I had a major gallbladder attack. And when I say "attack" I'm not exaggerating. It felt like my gallbladder was...

Over Christmas, I saw a pillow in the  Nester's  house during her annual holiday home tour that stopped me dead in my online tracks. I l...

Honest to goodness, real-life "fortunes" from our takeout. {Top} My new life motto. So far, it's working. {Bottom...

Lessons learned this week: You cannot  make everyone happy Facebook is, in fact, a for-profit company (a.k.a. stop complaining about th...

Last week I mentioned that we flew up to Montreal for a short trip. What I failed to mention is that we took a third person with us. Oh no,...

This week, the fearless leader of our company had to make a difficult decision. It wasn't pretty and it wasn't nice, and it shook us...

This week, someone found my blog by googling, "boots for fiddler on the roof" . I say that anyone who is searching for two of my f...

I've actually been tagged in the Leibster Blog grown-up-chain-letter thing before, but since the lovely and gracious Molly tagged me ag...

Have you ever read a book by Bill Bryson? What's YOUR favorite?

Over the last year and three months, I've avoided talking about the details of my job, mostly because I didn't know how long I would...

It's April 17th, which means it's time to pay up. However, "April 17th" just doesn't have the same ring to it as ...

It is possible that I'm the only person (besides my husband) who finds this humorous, but just in case there are others out there with a...

I was a freshman in college, newly engaged and browsing around a Williams-Sonoma store in Burlington, Massachusetts when I rounded a corner ...

While trying to digest a huge Thanksgiving meal and visit with our friends and family at my parents house, I quickly lost patience with one ...

{ Source } This is what I've been feeling like since Friday night. Oh yes, it has been de-light-ful , as you can imagine. Peter...

Guess what's back at Starbucks? { Source } That's right...the Peppermint Mocha. { Source } Guess who got one this week-end? ...