Okay, this post was taking way too long to write, so I'm going to group some things together into separate  posts. I've been meaning to post this about two months ago, and I kept postponing, knowing it was going to take forever. However, I like to do a "favorite things" post once a year--I usually think of it when I'm going about my day and think, "I love this thing". When I really love ..read more

I spent all day today working on my "Favorite Things" post and it *still* isn't ready. I haven't posted memes in a while, so I thought I'd share some in the meantime. While I was looking through the ones I've saved, I noticed a bunch of cat ones--which gave me the idea to do today's cat theme.So, here are some fun cat memes. Enjoy ..read more

I didn't realize just how few pictures I've taken recently until I uploaded them to my computer today. Unfortunately, I don't even have any good stories to write! Hahaha. But here is a little of what's been going on this week...I was in the living room one morning when I heard an odd noise from the kitchen. It sounded like "Shhhh (pause) shhhhh (pause) shhhh (pause)..." etc. I had no clue what it ..read more

I'm alive! I had absolutely no intention of taking a blog break, especially one so long, but the time flew by. I'm not even sure where to start catching up, although there really isn't much to catch up on.I almost decided to just wait until tomorrow to get back to writing, simply because I do not want to do a weigh-in today. I keep reminding myself that I don't "owe" a weigh-in on my blog, but I ..read more

These were supposed to be "Friday Night Photos", and then Saturday, and then Sunday... so now I'm just calling them photos. I've actually been working on another post (or more likely, a series of posts) of all of my favorite things. I like to do that once a year around this time. And this year, I'm not just including the things that are "giftable"; I've been taking pictures of things that I use ..read more

I woke up yesterday thinking that it was Thursday. I then spent all morning working on this post. And you know what I realized just before I published it? It wasn't Thursday, after all; it was WEDNESDAY. So, the good news was that Thursday's post written. But then I had to work on Wednesday's.I chose this topic because November 1st was Marks actual birthday, and since I learned so much from him ..read more

I skipped last week's weigh in, and I so badly wanted to skip today's weigh-in as well. I promised myself that I wouldn't skip two in a row (that becomes a slippery slope for me) so I faced the scale. I haven't been doing well for a couple of months now, and I just can't seem to find the discipline to get back to doing the habits that made me feel my best.I'll rip off the bandaid and get right to ..read more

Halloween has been my favorite holiday for as long as I can remember. I love the fall, especially when the leaves are so colorful; I love seeing jack-o-lanterns on porches; I especially love seeing skeleton displays; and, on Halloween, I love seeing creative costumes while kids go trick-or-treating.This tradition is quite a bit different than it was up until Halloween in 2014. The previous ..read more

I didn't think I took many photos this week, but I just found a LOT on my camera roll. Lots of random stuff! Here goes...First, the belt I ended up making for Eli's Han Solo costume. I bought a faux leather bag at Goodwill for $6, then took it apart to use the faux leather. I had NO idea what I was doing--I'd never sewn faux leather before, I know nothing about Han Solo, and I just had to wing it ..read more

Thank you for your confidence in my sewing skills regarding yesterday's post! I was SO sure the belt was going to be a nightmare to make, but I was kind of surprised at how relatively easily it came together. I didn't think I was going to be able to sew the fake leather with my sewing machine and there was no way I wanted to do that by hand. I tried a very large needle on the machine and it ..read more