by Robin | Jan 17, 2008 | Family, Favorite things, Home, Personal, Photos, SNOW
When you live in the Southeast, to hear even a mention of "snow" leaves you a) giddy and eager and instantly childlike or b) rolling your eyes with disbelief, contempt and indifference. I fall into the first category. I W.A.N.T. it to snow worse than my...
by Robin | Jan 16, 2008 | Contests, Pensieve's Picture Puzzler, Photos, Wordless Wednesday
What’s in this can? I have no idea.The label has been gone so long, I’ve long forgotten what’s inside.This little can has been a mysterious silvery tease for over two years and I decided for Pensieve’s Picture Puzzler’s inaugural...
by Robin | Jan 15, 2008 | Favorite things, Nostalgia, Personal, Photos, Random
Since Bombay Company is going out of business, I popped in our local store a few weeks ago to see if there were any bargains to be had. I was there a little early for the big ol’ honkin’ bargains, the kind that give me, simultaneously, shakes &...
by Robin | Jan 9, 2008 | Family, Kids, Personal, Photos, Wordless Wednesday
December, 2007, our back yard. Please meet Old Red, Blackie and Little Red, taking a little break from a thousand hours of raking. I found out in a round-about way my children had named our rakes, discovered when they were...
by Robin | Jan 6, 2008 | Family, Favorite things, Fun Mondays, Lionhead rabbits, Personal, Pets, Photos
Callie ~ who came to us as a scrawny little rescue kitty :). Aussie ~ the Australian Shepherd, skittish as the day is long… Pepper ~ the "bigger" lionhead rabbit whose mane is graying and growing already… Pippin ~ the babiest of them all. Please...
by Robin | Jan 5, 2008 | Family, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal, Photos
"N e w Y e a r ‘ s R e s o l u t i o n s" in my mind’s ear hears that phrase spoken s l o w l y and voiced authoritatively by James Earl Jones. Try thinking it again, but this time with him saying it, and you’ll know what I...