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Camping Is Good (Part 2) …How We Live.

July 21, 2009 24 Comments

Camping Is Good (Part 1) While getting to your campground may be half the fun, setting it up properly is imperative if you want the fun to continue. Who wants to crack a cold one after a long drive, but can’t, because you have no idea where a bottle opener is?  Who wants to be […]

Filed Under: camping, family, Let me help you, vacations, very cool

Camping Is Good (Part 1) …How We Go.

July 20, 2009 25 Comments

~~~~ Updated to take part in Friend Makin’ Mondays. Today’s topic is about vacations. Best? Worst? Top 5 dream destinations? I have had some great vacations, a few that had some crummy elements, and of course there are places I dream of going. However, there will always be a trip to Markleeville, CA on my […]

Filed Under: camping, family, Let me help you, vacations, very cool

Happy Campers.

July 9, 2009 26 Comments

We leave Sunday for our annual camping trip. The name of the campground we go to is called Grover Hot Springs, but we just refer to this trip as Markleeville. Markleeville is the little town just outside the campground. It’s about 30 miles south of Lake Tahoe, and it really isn’t much more than a […]

Filed Under: family, traditions, very cool

Friday Night Follies (Authors, Chardonnay and Choking Hazards)

May 26, 2009 10 Comments

I saw Jen Lancaster on Friday night!!! Yes! THE Jen Lancaster! She is the incredibly funny, acerbic wit behind: BITTER IS THE NEW BLACK – Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG ASS – A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl’s Guide […]

Filed Under: Conner, Handsome Hubby, No Mom wants to hear..., very cool

My favorite Mother’s Day gift. Ever.

May 7, 2009 19 Comments

June 2007 – my favorite photo. It’s the wallpaper on my computer… The best Mother’s Day gift I ever received was in 2003. It is a typed transcript of the conversation where my husband and our three oldest boys tried to decide what to get me. Devin was 10, Conner was 6 and Mitch was […]

Filed Under: Handsome Hubby, The Boys In General, very cool

Pee My Pants, Part 2.

April 10, 2009 9 Comments

I do not get tongue-tied and stupid when I see a celebrity. (Tongue-tied and stupid? Yes. But because of a celebrity? Never!) I live in the L.A. area. My best friend is in the business. I’ve seen’ em around. Celebrities are often a) idiots; b) arrogant jackholes; or, c) quite boring. (And sometimes the perfect […]

Filed Under: quirkiness, very cool

I am SO glad I didn’t run over that old man in the parking lot. He had much wisdom to share.

March 26, 2009 1 Comment

I ran into the grocery store to pick up a few things. Specifically, wine.  I’m on a Petite Syrah kick right now and I bought a case that was on sale.  (Oh, but what I would give to afford a daily Rombauer habit… but I digress.) A clerk helped me out to the parking lot […]

Filed Under: age-gap, Funny, quirkiness, very cool, wacky strangers

What the heck is an online Spray Paint Party?

March 25, 2009 5 Comments

A few weeks ago I stumbled across a blog I really like: Thrifty Decor Chick I thought, “Wow! This is awesome. Here is a girl who thinks like I do…. re-purpose, re-use, re-finish, etc.” She loves Goodwill and yard sales, and she shares my love of spray paint. Little did I know, that there is […]

Filed Under: project du jour, quirkiness, spray paint, very cool, Well it's news to me

Yeah, I’m cheap and easy. What of it?

March 19, 2009 1 Comment

~~~~~~~~UPDATED/REVISED 3/31/09~~~~~~~~~~I am so in love with Thrifty Decor Chick and the crafty blogging community, I just had to submit another post for her Spray Paint Party. I know I posted this a few weeks ago, and I’m late (again) to the party, but I liked this project and wanted to share…~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m kind of […]

Filed Under: project du jour, quirkiness, spray paint, very cool

Spring whining; oops, I mean cleaning.

March 9, 2009 1 Comment

So sorry to my pals in the Mid-West or on the East Coast, but here in SoCal, spring has sprung. (Or it’s about to…) Even if the temperature doesn’t tell the whole truth, I can tell it’s here because I get that itch to clean out closets, organize things and I want to redecorate. I […]

Filed Under: project du jour, quirkiness, very cool

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