Today was an absolutely beautiful day here in sunny San Diego.  Temps at my house were in the high 70s.  Just lovely. And this is what my pr...

I think I must be ready for my vacation because I have Hawaii on the brain. This recipe is just fabulous and requires almost no work. HAWAI...

... is the hardest part..  Tom Petty sang about it once I believe. Some things for which I am waiting right now (some of which weigh on my m...

mmmm... penne al vodka...

Laptop broken. Cranky.

OK. I collect ducks. Our master bathroom is our "rubber duckie" room. The Mr enables this addiction habit. Thought I would gi...

We had our Chinese New Year's celebration dinner tonight... and I didn't take any pictures.  Grr.  In my defense, as if I needed any...

Here's my Random Picture Challenge photo : my 30th one from August 2007. This was taken at the top of the hill at my house.  I liked the...

This recipe is so delicious and really quite simple. The Boy (who is pretty picky about his food) LOVED this one, so I figure it must be a ...

I'm so excited to be able to tell you that one of my BF's is starting her own business! She is an incredibly talented pastry chef, a...

Is this little guy adorable or what? He's another of my great-nephews (so The Mr's brother is 14 years older, and his daughter, ou...

I lsitened to Barrack Obama's inauguration speech which inspired me to review some other memorable inauguration speeches. And when I sea...

In my (continuing) effort to be more organized, I'm going to start Menu Plan Monday again. Here's our current plan (always subject ...

Who knew I had so many clothes??? After yesterday's "trip down memory lane", I spent today working in my closet and dresser.  ...

We spent the day in the garage.  Going through all of our old boxes.  Boxes of letters and photos and clothes.  Old toys.   Some of the inte...

I made this when my FIL was saying that he hadn't had any deep-dish pizza in ages and he thought we should go to Pizzaria Uno for our Su...

I love Amazon. I've been shopping there for years. It is generally the first site I check when looking for just about anything. We ha...

(The Cats have been begging to talk to all of you.... I thought I would let them today. IF they behave, they may get another chance somed...