Canned Laughter

Give Away Wed. April 2nd!Slowly but surely the herb garden is coming back. Yesterday I finished planting the marigolds and added a dill and a parsley. I also planted three little tomato plants Bear saw at the farmer’s market and just had to have. Luckily they are predicting rain today which should help all [...]

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The Farmer’s Market did indeed have something yummy for me to can. The pickling cucumbers were nice and firm and sweet smelling so I brought a few home. I’m not a big cucumber or pickle eater but Spouse is mad for them.
Every time I think of pickles, I think of Gloria. I asked her (rather [...]

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April is my favorite month and I’m feeling all mud luscious and puddle wonderful*. I’m thinking it’s time for a few little giveaways. In honor of Nablopomo’s April theme “Letters”, I’ll put together a nice gift basket to give away here on Wednesday. Please check back in with me for all the details.
The herb [...]

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Must dash to pick up the lunch order for today’s staff meeting, but before I go I wanted to send a warm thanks to Witchypoo at Psychicgeek who is not only a fascinating psychic, but a mom with a wonderful sense of humor about Aspergers/Autism Spectrum challenges and surprises. She gave me this lovely piece [...]

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Time to change up my banner (a little) and free up some space on my sidebar. What do you you think? Banner 1:
Or Banner 2:

Or something else? You tell me.

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It’s Easter Eve and I’m sitting around waiting for the Bunny to bring the baskets so I can lock the door behind her (mind your tail!). How better to kill the time than in front of a good movie. Was I watching the traditional “Ten Commandments”, or the uber-wholesome “Sound of Music”? I was watching [...]

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In 1939 DuBose Heyward wrote a very special Easter story called The Country Bunny and the little gold shoes. It is the story of “a little country girl bunny with a brown skin and a little cotton ball of a tail” who said, “Some day I shall grow up to be an Easter Bunny:-you [...]

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I don’t usually pass along e-mails but this one about a book written by a mutual acquaintance tickled me so, I thought I’d pass it along:

A friend of mine decided to sit down and write his autobiography and yours truly is in a chapter of it. Yep I am in print! I announce this because [...]

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I’m sick of man things. Not men mind you, just their things. For instance these things make me want to scream:

Collar Stays- You know, those tabs that slide out of the back of their dress shirt collars? Those obnoxious plastic tabs that males NEVER remove before doing their own laundry? Those do-hickeys that I [...]

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Attention. Your Attention, Please!

I have an announcement.

This blogger is not responsible for any

typographical errors,

mistaken identities,

seemingly drunken ramblings,

references to going all stabby, stabby, stabby on Rachel Ray, political pundits, or careless drivers,

or any other weird inexplicable behavior until further notice.
This message brought to you by the council to get Poppet a decent [...]

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