Cherry Extract

Today just FEELS like a very glorious Friday doesn't it? I mean, I already feel some of the stress of the week melting away, even thoug...

Um yea. It's after 1am and I have found myself steadily working away on something I struggled with all day. Why NOW am I suddenly able...

A few weeks ago I was inspired by Angie and J to get off my butt and to start doing something about my growing assets (clearly not the sto...

**uncensored because we've got to tell it the way it is** I know this has already gone around, but seriously people..... register to vot...

Yo! This is a call to those cool and crafty! Or maybe just cool and good in the kitchen! I found this pen-pal like gift exchange called Bac...

I feel like I have learned (am learning) to plan and set expectations of myself which are more easily attainable and yet I still find mysel...

As mentioned earlier, I am making the desserts for the wedding of a very good friend of mine. The reception is all cocktails and appetizers...

A few months ago I had my first jam making/canning experience and now I'm hooked. That first night, I made a batch of apricot jam and a...

For the last week and a half, Eric and I have been on vacation up in Victoria BC. My brother and Sister-in-Law moved there a few years ago ...

I've been wanting to post for weeks (no months) and sitting down to write out my thoughts has taken more effort then I have been willing...

A few weeks ago I woke up really early on a Friday morning and went to stand in line with MANY other people. We talked, chatted and shared ...

Eric and I just returned from a little road trip we took down to Southern California to visit a number of friends. As I have grown up in Ca...

A few weeks ago my therapist said, you ready to start blogging yet? And I said, maybe. But really I meant no. Sure I posted a bit but I j...

I am working pretty hard at learning how to find balance in my life, but this morning I found a very big and glaring mistake on my part whic...

Last week I was worried for one friend who's family was displaced due to a wildfire threatening her childhood home. The next day I lear...

This morning as I was running out of the house to get on the road to make my first meeting of the day, I walked between my car and my husban...

Sometimes when the chaos gets too much and I find I start loosing myself, I need to stop and take a moment to figure out where I am and wher...

Tonight we went out to dinner and decided to check out a steakhouse we had never been too. It's a chain, and I had heard it was ok so w...