My daughter wanted this Scooby Chia Pet for Christmas so I convinced Mimi and Pop Pop aka Grandma and Granddaddy to get it for her. Of course, I was the one that ended up putting the seeds on his head since she didn’t want anything to do with that. She is really helpful when its [...]

This was going around the email chain and I thought it was worth sharing…written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland,  Ohio . “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in [...]

My daughter and I had a wonderful time making the Nick Jr. Moose and Zee No-sew Snuggle Pillow craft. She saw a commercial for how to make it on TV and we decided to give it a try. Since I don’t have a printer, I had to draw the characters by hand instead of using [...]

I’m totally into organizing and although I have finished redecorating the kitchen, I have yet to organize my pantry.  I like Home Made Simple’s ideas for storage – using clear, plastic, air tight containers. They offer several great kitchen pantry organizing tips in their article Total Pantry Clean Out. I already use clear, glass containers [...]

I love to have candles all around the house… in practically every room. In rooms where guess frequent the most I like to spice things up a bit by placing huge chunky candles or small floating candles into glass containers. I think it makes the average candle look even more classy. You can even dress [...]