It’s that time of year where the garden is abundant and the Zucchini are coming out our ears… literally. I am giving them away hand over fist and putting Zucchini in every food possible. And of course, we are making LOTS and LOTS of Zucchini bread. The kids just love it, and if you go […]

We took these pictures a couple weeks ago at the Coos County Fair. Pat grew up in Coos Bay, so visiting the Coos County Fair was a flash to the past for him. I have to admit it was a very cute and small fair in a grassy field. We enjoyed watching the rodeo and […]

I used to be an avid reader. As a child I consumed books, as an adult I was an active reader. Motherhood and having my own little home based business seemed to get in the way of this habit. I had belonged to book groups for years, but when we moved back to Southern Oregon […]

Kyle and Amy were very excited last weekend when they got to meet their new baby cousin Dillon who is 4 weeks old. He was just the sweetest little baby and still just a little ball of sleepy infant. They both were quite enthralled with him. Even after having three I still love that baby […]

The ten good things about Izzy. My mom suggesed it would be a good idea for the kids to list theirs, but I found it very theraputic to write mine.
A much younger and thinner me! (this was taken when izzy was about 9 months, so 14 years ago… no wonder I look so young […]

I had to put my cat down today. She was 14 years old an she’s been diabetic for 5 1/2 years. I have given her insulin 2x a day for that whole time to treat the feline diabetes. It was very hard to decide to put her down but she had deteriorated considerably in the […]

A friend on one of my chat boards recently asked about books and it got me thinking. I’ve done my top books several times for various book clubs. I actually am feeling really guilty. I was in a book group for years, first in Portland and then in Missouri. When I moved to Roseburg I […]

I have had this extremely compelling something urging me to “go green” for weeks upon weeks upon weeks. And I have acted on several of these urges.
I was raised green. It was easy to do in the town I grew up in (Eugene, Oregon) I remember going with my mom to the recycling center and […]

Now here is a unique idea I hadn’t hear of before, a baby concierge service! I recently sent some swaddling blankets to Melissa Moog founder of Itsa-belly . Melissa is based out of Portland, Oregon and I ran across one of her cards at a Portland coffee shop. She provides a whole host of services […]

I can see the writing on the wall. Kyle and Amy are doing Itty Bitty Soccer at the YMCA this summer. It’s a 4 week program intended to teach 3-5 year olds how to play a little, a little of team spirit, the ethics of sports, etc. It’s non-competitive. We have one “game” day left […]