Snowmageddon 2011 aka I’m kinda pathetic
I'm a blissfully happy snow bunny. Creating a "Snow" category probably gives it away, but my ecstatic delight over the slightest hint of its arrival leaves no doubt. My first White Christmas was arguably the best Christmas present...
A Culinary Delight of Epic Proportion
Banana Pudding, Southern Living-style
It has been forever-and-a-day since I've had any, and never since I made it myself, but homemade, custard-style Banana Pudding is absolute magic in your mouth. One bite while it's still warm from the oven and your tastebuds will applaud in...
Diametrically opposed
I'm buzzing around my kitchen exaggerating every move as if each is of Some Great Importance, but mostly I'm just irritated. My two oldest are attending a concert tonight and their convoluted and confusing "plans" do not make...
Motherhood, martyrdom and GET OVER YOURSELF!
After a restless night, I was rudely awakened by the sounds of footsteps and chatter just outside my bedroom door; the hallway hardwood floor might as well have been canyons. This was unusual–my daughter and her two friends typically sleep in when...
The New Year’s Eve Miracle, continued
{Please read the beginning of The New year's Eve Miracle if you haven't; if gives the rest of the story a much richer context.} A rush of emotion filled me. No, that's not right. It overflowed. Had you been standing nearby in that...
The New Year’s Eve Miracle
I had almost given up hope of ever finding it. Almost. It had been three years since I could account for its whereabouts after all. Yet dim and hidden away in the farthest corner of my heart glimmered a tiny, inextinguishable spark of hope....
First things first…or last…or just in time?*
Like many, I enjoy some blog downtime over the holidays to be fully present with my family; but I couldn't resist a good old fashioned blog carnival, hosted by my friend Jo-Lynne at Musings of a Housewife. She's asked us to take a look over the past...
Imaginatives will see a snowman’s light saber or Yeti’s toothpick
As a snow-deprived Southerner who finds kittenish delight in even the slightest of dustings, I understand mine is a short-sided view. Where I see beauty and wonder and fun, friends north and west of me see dread and danger and imposition. I suppose...