I’ll start off with a little off-color potty humor. I mean, after all, talk surrounding the potty is all the rage around these parts. The new Kmart ad had Sister and I in stitches….STITCHES…earlier in the week. My dear friend and new neighbor H left Barefoot Contessa’s Salted Caramel brownies in my mailbox this weekend. … Read More
Allrighty, listen up y’all… if you have a child of any gender between the ages of, oh, say four and fourteen, run (don’t walk) to your nearest toy store and procure the Rainbow Loom. (I found mine at Learning Express.) This fifteen dollar investment has been the source of endless, and I mean endless, hours… Read More
UPDATE April 2017: See a newer look of this space HERE! It’s pretty much taken me the entire first quarter of 2013, but the closet has been cleaned out and organized from the rooter to the tooter and the little entry vestibule has undergone a drastic transformation into a sweet little dressing table. Here’s the… Read More
Like so many of you across this great country, I pray for all of those effected by yesterday’s horrific events in Boston. I have a friend that worked so very hard to train and raise money ($10,000!) for her run, and was so relieved to hear that she and her friends and family were safe. … Read More
One of the things I loved most about The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch wasn’t discovered until the very end – that the author is a descendant of the Kuisl family and, after extensive research, wrote this engaging fictional account of his own history and ancestors. The book provides an amazing sense of place in… Read More
After having such a fab experience with Young Chefs Academy at a birthday party a couple of years back, I jumped when Living Social had a deal to send both of my boys to a class for half the price! It was a bit of a hike to get to the Marietta-Acworth location, but was… Read More
I try really, really hard to only pin things that are truly inspiring or that I really might do one day. Because let’s face it, it’s so easy to pin anything and everything that your boards can become a hot mess in no time flat. That being said, I’ve tried quite a few recipes from… Read More