Every year I host an Oscar party for my family. While I’d love to have a dinner that stays completely in theme, I’m not an event planner. I just don’t have the whole vision. This year I decided to take a stab at least at planning a themed dessert. Now if I could bake, I’d follow the expert advice from Bakerella. Man that girl can bake! I’m bookmarking the movie popcorn brownies for next year. [...]

For years I’ve liked purple. When ever I bought accessories, like water bottles, I’d select the purple one. Then for a few years purple fell off the radar at the stores. I guess it was no longer a current trend color. Well guess what? It’s back. Yea! This weekend I picked up a couple of purple accessories: gloves and a clasp wallet. The photo above contains various purple items that I found around the house. [...]

OK, most Saturday are non stop. However I actually got a lot accomplished today. I started the day by going to quilt group. We meet the 3rd Saturday of every month. I don’t know how long I’ve been doing this, but I’d guess around five years. It’s great opportunity to form friendships, see beautiful quilts, and stay motivated to create more quilts. I came home to a yard full of leaves and no rain. The [...]

Recently I gathered all my pens and notebooks into one pile to take inventory. While I knew that I liked pens and that I had more than my fair share, I was surprised to see the how many notebooks I use. In my ideal world, I would have fewer. They would all be the same. When I filled one up, it would be placed on a bookshelf. Over time, I’d have a nice shelf full [...]

Thanksgiving is just over a week away. The food is all arranged. I have my food assignment, pies, and I have time off work to make the pies. Well be enjoying our feast at my parent’s house. Now I need to arrange my entertainment. After we eat more food than necessary, we usually end up spending a lot of time sitting around watching movies. I’m not very good at just sitting and watching movies without [...]

OK, I’d like to come with a clever post with lots of good updates about my productive weekend, but I don’t think it is going to happen. The down side of a productive weekend is the tiredness that quickly takes over. I will share the highlight from today sans photo. My mom’s birthday is the week of Thanksgiving. Her birthday dessert always gets over shadowed by Thanksgiving pie. It’s hard to compete with pumpkin, apple, [...]