the lovely lora tagged me with this meme some time ago and I've been meaning to get to it because well, I like books. hard-core book ...

"the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." -marcel proust

today is the first day of summer. though it began for me last week when I spotted the soft flicker of the lightening bugs in our front yard...

I like to think I'm the luckiest woman in the world. this man is the most amazing father, the most fantastic husband. I hit the prover...

you are larger than life. sparkling eyes and infectious smile, you win everyone over. you are so many things to me, words aren't enough....

rudi has been cutting my hair for nine years. I sit myself down in the black vinyl chair and she works her magic while we talktalktalk. she ...

one of the many perks of motherhood: witnessing your baby turn one. I always get a little nutty over the kids' birthdays. when I was...

after enduring a long week of cold and rainy grey, we are now experiencing steamy heat. I feel like walking around in my bra just like mild...

this is a meme (musical spam, if you will) that has been making the rounds for quite a while now. I have been tagged by my LOV-ERRR so I mus...

being an adult is a drag. really, I'm not digging the scene. I'm tired of being responsible. all I want to do is play and make paint...

the ocean has been played in. feet and hands have been buried in the sand. the waves have been frolicked in. yips and giggles of glee were...

we are headed south for vacation and I am finding it hard to contain my excitement. though the preparations for this seven-day adventure (...

I've been thinking so much about ava and her first dance performance. it got me to thinking about my first show. said reminiscing led t...

about a week ago, ava had her very first dance performance and I'm all crazy inside about it. it's so much that I don't even kno...

it's ordinary to love the marvelous, but marvelous to love the ordinary. I have these words (scribbled in red crayon on a scrap of...