(For some reason, Typepad isn't letting me add pictures to posts right now, darn it. Argh...) If you've got a good question today, link up here! I have two questions for you this week. They are: What's your favorite kind... Read more →

Link up here if you're fragmenting today. I sure am, which is why I'm back after a long absence. I can't post any pictures, so no cool logo to add. Sorry Mrs.4444. Typepad is being a buttdart. ☼ So if... Read more →

So, Mondays are 20% off for military members at the CHKD Thrift Stores here in Hampton Roads, and I had some money in the Paypal account, and I have a new small business venture brewing... so we went to have... Read more →

I didn't want to do the same-ol', same-ol' egg-dyeing techniques this year, because I get craftention deficit disorder. In other words, boooooring! (No offense. I'll probably get the Paas kit and do the same-ol' next year. But THIS year, I... Read more →

Link is here if you're playing along. 1. Have you or a significant other ever used sex as a weapon? Hm, maybe, but nothing that registers in my immediate recollection. 2. Tell us about the worst date you ever went... Read more →

So last Saturday, we took the kids to an Easter egg hunt at one of our (many) local YMCAs. We got there an hour early, which was good, because there were crafts and giveaways and things. The kids were given... Read more →

Another Bzz Campaign - this one is ending, so I'm a little behind on posting about it. Whoopsie! But, I have been using the four different shades of Maybelline SuperStay 24 Color that BzzAgent sent me, so that I could... Read more →

Yup, that's what Sophia said when she opened her present from Rob's mom last night! She was very excited, can you tell? Thanks, Mom! Fin. Read more →

Easter preparation is underway here at Chez Odette. Observe, s'il vous plaît: I saw this idea in both the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine (to which I would love a lifetime subscription, if you're looking for gift ideas... Read more →

No, this isn't going to be a funny post worthy of Jeff Foxworthy, sorry. It's just to get things off my chest and, hopefully, feel better than I am right now. If you don't want to "hear" me kvetch about... Read more →

I don't use the blender very often, for whatever reasons, but I broke it out the other day when the kids were looking for some dessert before bed. I repeatedly try to convince them that dessert is not a daily... Read more →

(Click collage to embiggerate.) Admittedly, these are not terrific photos of Sophia at gymnastics, but they were the best I could do under the circumstances, which are that there is very little access to do so at the gym where... Read more →

Okay, so maybe that's overstating things a little bit. But Sophia's birthday party today, a pony party held at the stables of one of our local Navy bases, was pretty freakin' great, I think. Sophia wanted a strawberry (her favorite... Read more →

Back in February, I picked up this Araucania Panguipulli wool from The Loopy Ewe, in St. Louis. The color is "Winthrop" (8). I knew what I wanted to make with it before I bought it: Meret (Ravlink), the cool, slouchy... Read more →

Click here if you're gonna play along! 1. Tell us who was the last person that you took a shower with. If it wasn't the hubs, it was definitely one of the children. Or all three at once. But I... Read more →

Finally, some Clapton! This should be a good one... link up here. 1. What is the most “down and out” that you've ever been? I had an existential crisis when I turned 21, after reading C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity, and... Read more →

As you may know, I'm a BzzAgent and get to try new products in order to spread the word about them and give my feedback to the developers of the products. I've been a member for several years now, and... Read more →

In the spirit of full disclosure, Hormel Foods provided samples of Hormel® Compleats® Kids Microwave Meals for me and my family to try. No payment was given and as always, all opinions given here are fully my own. So. With... Read more →

Often, one or more of the kids are enjoying something so thoroughly that they'll declare it the Best. Day. Ever. Today was one of those days. Sophia had a miserable sixth birthday yesterday, because she had to spend 3-4 hours... Read more →

I have a Daisy troop full of mostly avid campers. I, their never-fearless leader, am not an avid camper. I am an avid hotel-goer, yes. Camping? In the woods? Not so much. It's not that I've never been. We camped... Read more →