Friday and Saturday, the winter blues were encroaching. Then my friend Kelly sent me flowers at work to thank me for helping winter suck less. 🙂 AWWWWW! How sweet is that?? Thanks, Kelly! You brighten my winter, too. 🙂 The big gravel pit banks looked kind of intimidating to the 5 year-old, so I broke... Continue Reading →
One of my latest self-discoveries was that hating winter doesn't make it shorter, and it certainly doesn't make me any happier. So, after making ice candles, candle rings, and ice gems/marbles, I went hunting for more crafty ideas on Pinterest and found this genius named Tracy Lynn Conway who had pinned ice sun catchers using... Continue Reading →
Purple Statistics
Statistics and Quantitative Analysis are two of the classes that keep me from having a Bachelor's degree. However, the Stats page of my WordPress site is AWESOME. For example, it tells me that the blog has been viewed 3,209 times since I started it in August, 21 so far today and the busiest day had... Continue Reading →
Ice Candle Tutorial
This is northern Minnesota. Bitching Bragging about extreme winterness is in our Nordic DNA. When hell freezes over, Minnesota schools will start 2 hours late. There are four seasons in Minnesota: Early Winter, Winter, Late Winter, and Road Construction. The majority of cars and trucks have block heaters, standard. And on and on... I used... Continue Reading →
Ice Gems/Marbles; How-To-Not-To
Personal Note from The Baby: As the Employee of the Year at Cook Dollar Barn, I feel it is my duty to share not only my successes but also my epic failures. Mistakes are where I learn the most, anyway. And I make plenty of them. You're welcome. Last night's mistake Valuable Learning Experience (VLE)... Continue Reading →
I Hate Pants.
Don't get me wrong. Not all the time. Not every day. Well, usually at SOME point every day, I hate them... Okay, maybe I should clarify that a little. Maybe you fell behind and are raising your hand. By "pants", I mean jeans or slacks. Pajama pants, yoga pants, leggings and long johns don't fall... Continue Reading →
Beeeeep
Dear Mr. Wonderful, The lovely kitchen timer you installed just after we started dating is beeping irregularly. And I'm not even cooking. Do these things wear out? Loveyabye.
PowerBall Christmas Shopping List
How fun would Christmas shopping be if I won the lottery?? (Seriously, follow the links--they are half the fun.)  My Big Sister Lois would get a yak, which was Rachel C's great idea... ...and a Hippopotamus For Christmas. Real ones. Complete with enclosures etc. And enough money that she could stay at home on... Continue Reading →
Our Halloween Adventure
What you are about to read is a true story. I couldn't make this stuff up. Okay... I could. But I didn't. After an un-Minnesota-like (no snow or rain), pleasant evening of trick-or-treating, The Boy and I hurried home to light our Jack-O-Lanterns and relax a little. The Barn was crazy busy the last few... Continue Reading →
Eight Great Uses for Plastic Spiders
1. Good Parenting: Encourage spawn to clean their rooms more often by hiding a big one in their bed. Place it close enough to the top layer of detritus so they will see it. She still cusses and hits me when I bring it up. Tears still run down my leg when I remember that... Continue Reading →
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