My office mate has the radio on today, I hate the radio.  Its the same songs every day and its driving me crazy.  They just had a live version of Alanis Morissete’s “Ironic”, it was sickening.  I vaguely like Alanis, but I hate that song.  The live version made me realize that she hasn’t exactly [...]

Beth and I had a dinner party last Saturday night. Beth loves to entertain and I love to cook, so it works out well.  To excite the palate, we had a cheese plate with five variations of goat cheese and a blue cheese.  To compliment the cheese, I added  pistachios, almonds, craisins and a whole [...]

My sister in law gave me the coolest Christmas presents EVER. Tons of vintage patterns. I have adored looking at them, dreaming of all the possibilities, hoping that I had the skills to pull them off. Well, I finished the first of hopefully many today, and I have to say that I am (a little [...]

Check out the Billboard top 10 from 1999. 1. Believe, Cher 2. No Scrubs, TLC 3. Angel Of Mine, Monica 4. Heartbreak Hotel, Whitney Houston 5. …Baby One More Time, Britney Spears 6. Kiss Me, Sixpence None The Richer 7. Genie In A Bottle, Christina Aguilera 8. Every Morning, Sugar Ray 9. Nobody’s Supposed To [...]

You can make a quick and easy little girls dress out of one of your old skirts. This is how: Take the skirt ( mine were flowy, tiered knee length skirts) and cut it down the back or side seam, so that it is one long rectangle. Put it around your daughter, neice, friends daughter, [...]

I’m really enjoying the Best of 2008, I’m happy with how it turned out.  I was worried for a while, it seemed like I wasnt finding any good music.   Well, I found plenty of good music, hence the 4 cd’s full.  Here’s the tracklist for Leftovers Disc 3 and a chance to listen or download [...]

Well, here it is after much hand wringing and gnashing of teeth, my Favorite songs of 2008.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.  The tracklist. 01-Shearwater _ Century Eyes 02-Fleet Foxes _ White Winter Hymnal 03-The Helio Sequence _ Can’t Say No 04-Bon Iver _ Flume 05-Frightened Rabbit _ Old Old [...]

Yes, Where is Beth?  She’s at home taking care of 3 kids, Getting Christmas presents ready, painting, crafting (yes she still doesn’t like that word), and doing other Bethish stuff.  You can expect her to return from hibernation sometime after the Christmas Holiday.  In the meantime, you’re stuck with me and my musical dilemmas. Its [...]

I just finished the first draft of 2 Christmas Cd’s.  It took me a long time and has set me way back on my best of 2008 compilation which will hopefully be done before Christmas.  I’m overwhelmed with music right now.  Anyway, I gave you a taste of one CD in my last post, here’s [...]

Emily is Jared’s sister. You’d never be able to tell since they look nothing alike, have a completely different sense of humor, and both hate Kansas. Okay. I’m kidding. They look VERY much alike, have the exact same sense of humor, and both adore their homestate. I love Emily. She is closer to my age [...]