My heart goes out to Paris, a place of beauty, artistry, perfection and kindness. I am stunned and saddened anyone could bring harm to one of my favorite places on the planet. I cannot understand. I don’t know how to process this in my head. As I heard bits and...
Plaid. Yep, it’s sooooo in! I like to fem it up or spin it into something fresh. My only rule: No flannel plaid with distressed jeans, especially the boyfriend style or Curt Cobain will rise from the grave. Flannel plaid is especially good if you are high...
“Riding on the Me—troooo..” by Berlin is wafting through the car dealership. I’m waiting for a new car key as I lost one. I want to sing along to the 80s tune but I don’t think the other patrons would appreciate it. Instead, I think back to senior year in high...
For the past few years I’ve written something about Veteran’s Day, a holiday admittedly, I never thought about properly until my dad passed. It’s funny how you don’t know what absorbed into your being all your life until someone important in your life is...
Hands down, the hardest part of tackling a big project is getting started. Months and sometimes years go into stewing about it. For me, it’s always organizational issues like overstuffed closets or a jammed garage. I read somewhere, “Clutter is the...
Two weeks left in the final countdown for college applications. This weekend the common application is getting the final polish and one university is going to get two supplemental essays. Ugh. My whole household is weary. As my son sat at the kitchen table writing...
I’d like to introduce the positive side of football. I’m well aware of the dangers of the sport and the negative press at the professional level; there’s a lot of talk about the bad side, and rightly so. For our family, football gave my son more...
Blogging every day has piqued my curiosity in the every day. The Marathon Writing Challenge, NaBloPoMo, forces me to come up with something to write about and I want it to be my own ideas; prove I can do it on my own power, run the extra mile. I haven’t used a...
Welcome to my first edition of Fashion Fridays. Every Friday for the month of November, I’ll feature current fashion trends and how you can make it part of your style. Fringe. There are so many ways to display THE hottest trend right now. You can do a little or a lot....
Yep that’s me, a meatloaf lover and I’m not afraid to admit it, even in health-nut California. My youngest son kept asking to have it for dinner but I balked. He craves super American food while my other son prefers Japanese. My experience with American meatloaf was...
