Fickle Food

I had a brief burst of energy tonight and I decided to leave the laundry, the dirty dishes, the soiled puppy pads, unmade bed, unmowed yard and unfinished dolls to check up on my blog. The eldest of my three fabulous daughters has been filling in for me in past weeks, until that happy HAPPY [...]

We live in a small rural town in southern Illinois, definitely truck country. Trucks with huge wheels, dual tires and wide hips, trucks so high off the ground you need a stepladder to climb into the cab, trucks with bull bars, cow catchers and even testicles are not uncommon sights around these parts. Even the [...]

Well I’m still amongst the living, if you call this living. My husband is trying to talk me into getting out today…I haven’t been out since Tuesday, haven’t worn makeup, done my hair, barely got dressed. I’ve been slowly getting ready this morning, but I got so dizzy I had to sit down a couple [...]

Did anyone miss me? I’ve been flat on my back sick since Tuesday night. We went to vote right after work Tuesday and then ran to the store for a few provisions…that’s when I first noticed all the little sparkles dancing in front of my eyes and the sound of hissing coming from my ears. [...]

I had a strange dream last night. I dreamed my husband and I just jumped in our mini van and took off! We didn’t tell anyone where we were going, just took off like we didn’t have a care in the world! I kept asking him where we were going and he’d say, “I don’t [...]

Every winter I ask myself, why do I live in Illinois? Why do we put up with the worrisome tornado-prone springs, the sticky, sweltering summers and the miserable frigid winters. Autumn is generally the only decent season in Illinois. From November to April landscape is bleak and gray and depressing.This time of year the temperature [...]

I don’t know about you, but most days I have a hard time coming up with new and interesting meals and we end up eating the same old things day after day. Recently I’ve begun checking out various cooking blogs and I’ve found a great one! It’s called “My Wooden Spoon“. The title of this [...]

My husband and I are planning a trip to New Orleans this summer. I’ve always wanted to go there, in fact, we’d planned to stop through on the way back from Florida on our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, but at the last moment we decided we would need more time than just one day and so [...]

I ordered a book last week and it came in the mail today, it’s all about building your own cabin. I’ve always wanted to build my own cabin in the woods. Not a big cabin, mind you, maybe just one room with a loft for sleeping and a set of bunk beds for guests. Maybe [...]

This weekend my husband and I went to Springfield to get in a bit of last minute Christmas shopping and to try and track down some doll repair supplies. It’s always an ordeal finding the things I need. I’ve never even seen a store just for doll repair supplies, so I end up visiting all [...]