Thank you all so much for your comments on my recent post about being laid off from my job. I am OK (for the most part). Dh, for his part, i...

Well, how about that? This is my 800th post in less than 7 years of blogging.  Perhaps not quite as significant-sounding as 1,000 posts -- b...

I lost my job this week. :p  I got back from vacation on Monday & was handed my pink slip early Tuesday morning.  I do not yet know all ...

If it's spring/summer, I must be in the throes of a new musical obsession, lol. (Cases in point:  Raspberries , 2012;   the Rascals , ...

(Actually not that hazy, thankfully. But I couldn't think of another title, lol.) We are -- at long last -- on vacation. In the middl...

I love them, yeah, yeah, yeah. ;)  If you're a longtime reader of my blog, you'll know that I have had an almost lifelong love a...

Dh's cousin hosted a big family gathering over the weekend, and we had a lovely time. Lots of little kids running around, a new baby to...