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 [...]

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 [...]

I got a Sony Alpha DSLR for my birthday last year, and quite frankly the thing scares the pants off me. I LOVE the pictures it takes, but trying to figure out how to use the thing has been a down right PITA. I haven’t figured out much except it takes great pictures on Manual, [...]

We have been enjoying fruit smoothies a lot lately. The kids love to make them and they are such a healthy treat I’ve been indulging them quite a bit. The key is to have at least one of your fruit items frozen. We use frozen blueberries or strawberries. Really all making a fruit smoothie entails [...]