★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ March 2, 2014 "Mom, the Bug has reduced me to quoiting Shakespeare, run over me please." I was so late writing El Morno for this Morno, I just decided to write El Morno for tomorrow Morno. If you are confused welcome to my world. Cole wrote the story about our … Continue reading Shakespeare meets VW BUG
Odds and Ends
Peel Hard Boiled Eggs by Blowing – Easy or Not?
A video showing how to peel hard boiled eggs by blowing them through the shell was shared on Facebook. We were all pretty darn enthusiastic about the video; admitting to one another that we sucked at peeling hard boiled eggs. Of-course, we would rinse the eggs after using the hard boiled egg peeling technique. It's not … Continue reading Peel Hard Boiled Eggs by Blowing – Easy or Not?
Slow Motion Rascal
Cole took this video of Rascal in slow motion, and it made me giggle...it's how we all are moving today...very S.L.O.W.L.Y. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/83250206[/vimeo] Wait for it..... Maybe not for that long---the video seems to become stuck at about 37 seconds, if this happens, you can place your cursor at the bottom of the video and slide … Continue reading Slow Motion Rascal
Odds and Ends – Stuff I Like
Odds and Ends - Found while stumbling around the Internet this week. Yule Logs for everyone: Click it's FUN. Delicious time lapse of a plaited loaf David and Goliath Eagles take … Continue reading Odds and Ends – Stuff I Like
Turkeys Away!
Turkeys Away! (Be Humane...Use Frozen Turkeys) It's Not Black Thursday. It's Thanksgiving! (Sometimes, you have to hit people over the head, just sayin') "It's a helicopter, and it's coming this way. It's flying something behind it, I can't quite make it out, it's a large banner and it says, uh - Happy... Thaaaaanksss... giving! … Continue reading Turkeys Away!
Nap Time Sun – It’s a Dog’s Life, Bird Included
Nap time in the sun room. Really, this is my guest room, but my pups like to think of it as their sun room. It's also Solstice's the evil bird special spot. Guests are always welcome, if they don't mind a little company. Sunrise chirping included. Rascal and Scooby spooning in the sun. Lada wishes … Continue reading Nap Time Sun – It’s a Dog’s Life, Bird Included
Double Rainbow Delight
Double Rainbow! My teen and I made an emergency French Silk Pie run between the storms that descended on Chicago today, and much to our delight we were treated to a double rainbow. Emergency averted, safely home again, I google a few rainbow facts to share along with the pictures. ~ The sun is always … Continue reading Double Rainbow Delight
Embossing the World
Embossing the World My life is filled with talented, crafty people. I’ve never been able to find my niche in this group of people who can turn sows’ ears into silk purses…until now. Attention, please: My life has been changed. The Paper Source is a unique store filled with stationery items, artisanal papers folded over … Continue reading Embossing the World
Chicago Loves Winter
Chicago Loves Winter Today's snowy preview remind me that it was going to get cold again in Chicago this year.... Ah, Chicago winter. Yes, it will come again this year. That notoriously bleak sludgefest, bone chilling and impenetrable. Ice scrapers and road salt stains, moldy boots and slippery driving, lumpy gray snowdrifts punctuated by flaxen splashes of dog pee. … Continue reading Chicago Loves Winter
November National Writing Month: Writing Resources
November National Writing Month NaNoWriMo challenges writers to take the plunge and attempt to write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days; while NaBloPoMo challenges bloggers to write a blog post every day. I look at these challenges every year and think about them. Last year, I even sort of signed up for NaNoWriMo … Continue reading November National Writing Month: Writing Resources