Our precious friend Kelly, perished in a car accident on Saturday night. She was dear to each of the members of our family. Read more abou...

I've just returned from a trip to Florida to see my dad. I brought along my two youngest, James (age 15) and William (age 10.) My sist...

After cleaning out a file cabinet of craft and sewing patterns I had intended to give these to charity or maybe to the high school textiles ...

If this past week had a theme it would have been "Vintage Pinks." I had a lot of fun with a pink handkerchief, pink embroidery, p...

Often when antique shopping I would say "Oh, I think I have one of these somewhere..." or "I think my grandma has this......

I read a lot of fun blogs and I enjoy seeing photos of the treasures that others find at the thrift shop or the flea market. Well, this has...

Inspired by this post, I have decided to try to come up with ten things I hate... Shouldn't be too hard, right? 1. Men's cologne...

I've been finding a lot of "buried treasure" during my cleaning out adventure. This "Birthday Girl T-Shirt" was in ...

Martha Kines is the author of a brand new book called Ivy Briefs: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student. She is also a wife and mother liv...

Well you know I had to purchase this pair of kitchen towels. I mean come on! They are red AND they have rick rack. I made them up into ba...

These shelves are on the west wall to the left of the secretary desk. Still working on the desk.... Here are the new bookcases. They are o...

This is a fabulous book! It contains essays from mixed-media artists. I haven't read the entire thing but last night I read "Purg...

More books to the library today and three more boxes of sewing stuff for the high school sewing club! I also dumped another ton of magazine...

At my mom's house after her death I was kind of surprised to see how much STUFF she has kept. Although only my mom and dad are living in...

Leah's kids are completely adorable. It was really great to be able to spend some time with them. We went to a birthday party and to t...

My mom, Nancy passed away last Tuesday on March 6, 2007. It was completely unexpected. She was in the back bedroom, which she had been red...

What a privilege it is to sing with the composer of some of my favorite songs! Keith and Kristyn were last here in November of 2005. It...

Yes, I have been sewing, but mostly I've been singing. Several months ago I did some background vocals for Paul Hillebrand's lates...

These are the awards for the "Best" blogs of 2006. We are nominated in the "Best Entertainment Blog" category. It...