Très Bon Babble

We just returned from a week long vacation in Delaware. My parents own a small home on the Indian River and my brother lives right on the be...

Is there anything more fun than receiving a gift package in the mail? YES! Receiving a SURPRISE gift package in the mail. I am the lucky re...

I didn't think I ate badly on vacation but when I got on the scale this morning, it said I had gained 3 lbs. Hmmmm...... I did snack a l...

The deal is to answer the following questions with one word answers. 1. Where is your cell phone? purse 2. Your significant other? unidentif...

I meant to say thanks to those of you who gave me feedback on the Jalie patterns via comments and emails. Except for Lori, who is a bad infl...

Happy Fourth of July! Ande and Toy made adorable versions of Butterick 5177 . I'm not so sure about my almost finished version (just nee...

I stole that title from Ms. Ande's comment in the last post. As the mom of 21 and 17 year old daughters and a 14 year old son, I have s...

Today is Canada Day. Happy Birthday, Canada! In honor of the holiday (and encouraged by an unnamed enabler ), I think it is the perfect occa...

I fell like I haven't sewed in soooooo (seeeewwwww?) long! My niece turned one in May and good aunt that I am, I never got around to mak...

It's funny that I started this blog a couple years ago as a place to highlight knitting projects. But based on a myriad of events, my kn...

As I was cleaning out the fridge this morning, I came across the Chocolate Soy Milk that I wasn't fond of. I was going to dump it was h...

Thanks for the feedback on melatonin. I took it two nights in a row and it worked wonderfully. I skipped it last night and ended up sleeping...

Between the neck / arm pain I've been experiencing since January, a bit of personal stress and the excessive travel I've experienced...

Like a bad horror movie, back in 2004 in Cincinnati, all we heard about from January to the beginning of May was the I N V A S I O N O F ...

I just returned from seven days on the island of Saipan, which is in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI). Remember that...

Wanna win an apron perfect for those Fourth of July parties? Go check out the Apronista 's latest contest! I posted a recipe for Strawbe...

As evident to anyone who has stopped by my blog once or twice, I am a novice blogger. I don't have any interest in learning html or desi...

Check out the cute little bookshelf sitting on the right side of my blog! Marji pointed it out to me and it looks like a fun way to keep tra...

I made the second of the four bathrobes just in time for yesterday's baby shower. The pattern is Simplicity 3711 . I made the matching b...

Makes me think of that show tune from The King and I ! Anyhoo, the lovely Allison tagged me with the latest meme making the rounds so here g...