Hello, friends. I trust you're all alive and well, but in this insane year that is 2020, that is certainly nothing to be taken for granted. So tonight, I'd like to take the opportunity to express how much I appreciate... Read more →

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing! Link up here if you want to play along today! The first five questions are stolen from blogger Emily Rosenbaum at Wheels on a Bus. She explains she grabbed it from Lola's blog, and since... Read more →

Hey Beliebers and non-Beliebers ! Link up here if you want to play along with this fun Q & A! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Saturday 9: Sorry (2015) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here. 1) This song is a plea for... Read more →

Black-and-white portrait of the man I love, Robert Allen Odette So, I haven't blogged as much this infant year as I had planned, because I became even sicker than I had been all throughout the latter half-plus of 2015. That... Read more →

Stealing today? Link up here to join the rest of us! *~*~*~*~~ The 2015 Year End Meme From the archives! * What did you do in 2015 that you’d never done before? In October, when we went up to Missouri... Read more →

Link up here if you want to play along with this awesome meme, too! Saturday 9: Kentucky Rain (1970) Next Thursday, the 8th would be Elvis' 80th birthday, so we're celebrating The King. Here is this week's song. 1. In... Read more →

Link up here if you're fabulous, darling! The New Year's Eve Meme From the archives (and I'm going to spare you folks all the funny pictures today. I'm keepin' it real)! In 2014, I gained: all-new respect for my brain... Read more →

"I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" by The White Stripes So this is a new meme for me. It's (and you may have already figured this out, oh, brilliant you) "Music Monday," and it's hosted by this... Read more →

Dear Campbells, I tweeted you on Twitter recently about my experience at a local Publix grocery store about a month ago: I had purchased some Campbell's soups, and when I got home to open one of them (because broccoli cheese... Read more →

So I haven't done this one in ages, but since I've been largely absent from the blogosphere this summer, I'm making up for it by doing all the memes I can think to join at the moment. My SIX WORDS... Read more →

I'm moving this blahg, y'all. Seriously! I've been here on Typepad for about 5½ years now, and I've grown disenchanted with all the glitches and stuff. So, I'm heading over here to Wordpress. I have NO idea what I'm doing.... Read more →

As I told you a few days ago, I ordered Kindle Fire HDs for each of the kids, along with cases, chargers, a stylus 6-pack, and... I think that's it? They were supposed to come Friday by 8 PM, so... Read more →

It's 0404 on a Tuesday morning, and I can't sleep - partly because I'm coming off a 5-day migraine in which I slept a TON, and partly because, well, I never sleep at night anyway. And I've got a lot... Read more →

I'm sick, y'all. Very, very sick. Let's just say I'm glad now that I have those Depend Silhouettes, because they're coming in very handy at the moment. To further elaborate, I have to have a flex sig on Tuesday morning... Read more →

Link up here if you're playing along today! 1. When was the last time you moved? Where to? From Guam to here in Va Beach, VA, coming up on nine years ago now. Crazy! 2. If they were making a... Read more →

Link up here if your thoughts are all over the place and you think Mrs. 4444 and pals have just gotta read 'em anyway! ☼ I've been grateful to have a pretty low-key week both at home with the kids... Read more →

Ironically, considering the show Phineas and Ferb (yes, it's my latest obsession), I wish I could play this for mi padre. Unfortunately, the real situation is more like this: So. Maybe I'll tell you a story. In a minute. Or... Read more →

Link up with Mrs. 4444 if you're playing along today. ☼ I really only have one fragment this week: I'm still sick. It's going on three full weeks of this illness, of which I'm sure you don't want the gory... Read more →

I'm not really well and feeling up to it, but I couldn't miss the last Aloha of 2011, so my question for you this week is: When it comes to yourself, and you need to go to the doctor, are... Read more →

Hey, remember when Jack was about 3½ and I made these freakin' cute sweaters? I did a dumb thing: instead of keeping them for MY children, I sold them on eBay for way less than they were worth. I could... Read more →