We’re slowly easing our way out of the perpetual holiday mode and back into real life. With a stop at birthday crazy on the way. Fortunately, after this weekend, all the birthday crazy will be OVER and we can go back to our real lives. Which means that I have to confront the real, solid […]

Because I can only borderline FAIL a glucose tolerance test, I got to spend three hours at the hospital lab this morning, buzzed up beyond belief for the first hour on sugar and having my blood drawn on the hour for three hours. Add in the fasting blood sugar draw that was drawn when I […]

I have been really working on getting my Christmas cookies made. First of all, I love making them. Second, I love giving them. Third, I love the way the house smells when I’m making them. The list goes on and on. Yesterday’s cookie of the day was Gingerbread Bears. There’s a reason these only get […]

How cold is it? According to AccuWeather.com, when Tad goes out to the bus stop this morning, it will only be 19 degrees. When Ane goes out to the bus stop an hour and a half later, it will only be 21 degrees. Yikes. Yesterday I started a fire in our fireplace insert at 9 […]