Rock Garden

Remember that post I did about  Family Hockey ?  I only bring it up again because my brother finally sent photos from the event. And I reall...

I occasionally feel obligated to update this blog. I hate it when that happens. I have had this nagging feeling all week about needing to wr...

I would like to take a moment to vent about my program. It is frustratingly disorganized . Here we are... three weeks into school and we are...

Erik and I went grocery shopping yesterday. He was casually talking to our favorite cashier when he suddenly exclaimed, "That is the be...

I have been knitting as of late. I think it will come to a screeching halt, however, as school gets underway. I have many many group project...

Erik and I are loving beeswax candles right now. Seriously loving them. Ours are from Stanwood's very own Quiet Light Candles. They we...

As I mentioned in my earlier post, my family came down to celebrate my Opa's 90th birthday. We started the day (Saturday) off with hocke...

I am not reason enough for my whole family to travel home... a belated Christmas celebration isn't really either... We were all in town ...

We decided to take advantage of everyone being home and we postponed our Christmas celebration until January 8 (which also happened to be my...

Does anyone else ever forget how old they are? I always do. I need to count from the year I was born to be certain. Birthdays aren't as ...

My friend Kim has been raising money to purchase sewing machines for Dalit women in India. She has a link on her blog that allows you to d...

I thought I didn't like cabbage. I have never minded eating it in other dishes or in salads, but I have never thought of it as a vegetab...

A couple summers ago my mother and I played dress-up. I bought a wedding dress at a thrift store and someone gave her one so we decided to t...

I say "tree" because it's fake and only three feet high. This year Erik and I decided to put up all our childhood ornaments - ...