The saga of the car purchase by my darlin’ little daughter continued over the last few days and reached a new resolution today. And you thought it ended last Thursday when she signed the papers. Wrong. Much to our surprise on Friday when we picked up the car from our trusted mechanic after he had […]
Baking with Stevia
Today I began experimenting with how to bake with stevia. Unfortunately I am out of eggs and butter. The Stevia in the Raw that I used had printed instructions saying that I could use it like sugar 1 to 1. I just make a no egg cakey sweet bread with whole wheat flour, a bit […]
Empty Nester? I Don't Feel Empty.
Weekends are free writing times which means there are no official themed prompts published for those of us participating in NaBloPoMo. So I have decided to rework something written ages ago when I fist thought of starting this blog. I have not felt empty since I gave birth to my lovely little bird who, in […]
The Gifts We Give to Our Children
I am so happy that my husband and I were able to help our daughter get a nice car — today! She will be graduated from university very soon and will head off across country on her own. I’m not a 1 percenter, no where close, not even in the same universe. So the car […]
Happy December!
I really want to get back to FUN posting, so I’m doing NaBloPoMo this month, December 2011. I hope to fill the month with lots of photos and fun posts about family, milestones, grandbabies, baking, and traditions. As an early Holiday gift, I’m posting this texture (above) that I created for use in Second Life® […]
Nablopomo No Mo'
I actually wrote my answer to today’s writing prompt for the last day of the November Nablopomo on BlogHer, “What did you learn from doing Nablopomo?” as yesterday’s blog post. I am always so ahead of the game. It was called, “Posting 30 Times This Month – Nearly There, Nearly Insane.” I did forget […]