I planned to get this up earlier… But you all know how my life can be some days…
Anyway, I know you all wish you were going to be wherever this Chocolate Pound Cake with Chocolate Buttercreme Meringue Frosting and chocolate curls is heading tonight.

Yep, it’s made from scratch. Yes, it took a while. But, [...]

Can a baby scream herself to death?
This is 40 seconds of audio from 40 minutes of torture. My daughter would be of great help to the military as a means to get terrorists to talk. She can do this for hours.

She is exhausted… She falls asleep almost immediately when I hold her [...]

So I went by the bank today to pay off the $0.04 balance on the loan. Usually I pay it online but because it was under $1 I couldn’t do that. And I wasn’t going to waste a check and stamp to mail it. The bank is local, so it wasn’t a [...]

Honestly, I’m sure Meritt is awake and sending me vibes… Which would be fine if she lived next door and we had a kitchen-window-light-blinking-code or something. One blink- “yeah, I’m up”, two- “c’mon over”, three quick- “I’ll bring the pastry”. But, no, she’s 30 minutes away and I’m only guessing.
Brenna woke shortly before 3- second [...]

Caelan woke me at 5:30- too early to take her out of bed. I nursed her for 5 minutes- just long enough to give her decent sustenance, changed her diaper and put the happy baby back in bed fully intending to return to mine. Which I did. And I realized that I would just toss [...]

I turned the TV on this morning fully intending to immediately switch to the Disney Channel. I paused just long enough before the switch to see Bunratty Castle on the Travel Channel. Ooohhhh, a travel show about Ireland. I can’t turn away from that. So as Brenna enjoyed her strawberries and [...]

It hardly seems possible, but Caelan is 6 months old. She is beginning to actually eat food from a spoon (she really enjoyed her first sweet potatoes today!) and her -very strong- personality is becoming more evident every day.
Still perfectly average at 16 lbs, 5 oz and 25 1/2 inches tall.
And even though mommy [...]

The last few days have been a blur. Somehow Brenna picked up an intestinal ick and, ever so kindly, shared it with me. I haven’t been able to eat since yesterday morning. I’ve been drinking a lot of tea. And whenever I do decide to put something in my mouth to [...]

A while back I mentioned a few things I was going to try and I thought I would let anyone who actually cared know how they worked out.
About a month ago I bought a Zeno. The main reason for the purchase? I remembered how my skin reacted as Brenna dropped off her [...]

And other times I think I may lose my mind.
Caelan has reverted to not sleeping through the night. I’m pretty sure she’s hungry. And she’s not wanting anything from a spoon or bottle. Cereal, which would fill her up, is flat out refused and veggies or fruit end up as much on her as in [...]

Well, there it is- what I was able to do with my new machine last night. I downloaded some free files and played. Brenna was very impressed. So much so that I attached a basket, an egg and (her favorite) the bunny to paper for her.
Everything is just a single cut [...]

My Wishblade arrived yesterday. Holy software, Batman, does this thing have a learning curve! It is amazing all the stuff I could potentially do with it. I say potentially because it may take me years to master all the techniques.
For TKW a bit of explanation: The Wishblade is like a [...]

Well, I got it. It took all my allowance, the money I made selling my Coach diaper bag on eBay and I still “owe” Doug, but I got it. The new Wishblade. It previewed on HSN last night and they had it on their website shortly after 9pm. I ordered it just as soon as [...]

I’ve had the blahs. The blahs that would, if I didn’t have two young’uns, a husband and a big dog to care for, make me crawl in bed for days to sleep, eat chocolate and watch Law & Order reruns.
What brought that on, you ask? I’m gonna blame the weather. You see, [...]