Welcome to my Nuppmare.  Heh.  Now I have Alice Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare rolling around in my head.  In knitting, a Nupp (pron...

I usually avoid April Fools' pranks.  In my mind, they're usually mean spirited and not much fun.  But this year, I just had to do i...

There's a butter thief in the house.    Here's how the thief did the job: At approximately 6:45 am the butter was left on the co...

Giving in to the overwhelming desire to avoid knitting, I made a valance to go above my kitchen window today.  And ya know what?  Having so ...

A month ago, I had no idea what Kefir was.  I have just recently started researching and making my own kefir and thought I would share with ...

The Echo Flower Shawl is coming along well so far.  I've been knitting like a mad woman, but I'm only getting about 1 repeat per day...

I know for a fact that there's a mistake in here, but for the life of me I can't find it and to top it off, the stitch count on eith...

I'm exhausted.  I'm not exaggerating either.  I'm plum tuckered out.  This past week has been filled with clothes, toys, infant ...

Sunbeam that is. Have a Great Weekend!

There's a wedding in my future, not mine (been there, done that) but my cousin's.  It's in April, like next month.  A few years ...

http://fromolivesandgrapes.com/Site/Welcome.htmlIf you are ever in the Cocoa Beach, Florida, there's a shop you should take time to drop...

Did you think that I fell off the face of the earth?  Almost, but not quite.  We took a quick trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, FL.  Two...

I have finally completed the other side of the Mystere sweater: I have already made a mod to the sleeves.  The way the pattern is curre...

Yesterday was a good day for waterproof mascara.  We had to have our dog put down.  She was ancient (18 years to be exact) and just couldn...

The birthday party was a huge success.  The kids all had a fun time and took home lots of loot and the play room was completely trashed.  My...

Before tomorrow's birthday party, let me introduce you to the official Batman Cake (please ignore the outlet in the background): It...

So say you have a Super Hero party for your child (ours is coming up this Saturday.)  Could be Batman, Superman, etc.  And suppose you need ...

I went thrift shopping this weekend and was a woman on a mission.  See I have this seating problem at my place.  If I'm not in the livin...

The Pinewood Derby was successful, except for the child that got sulky because he didn't have the fastest car and he received no special...

Pinewood Derby Season for the Cub Scouts has arrived again.  The Eldest decided this year that he wanted The Black Beauty car from The Green...