• Nuggests of Truth

    1.  80% of the reason I wear a watch is so that I can tell my right from my left. 2.  I have never understood how to defrost a windshield when I’m driving. …

  • Brain Dump.

    1. Kate is a shoe-flinger.  Her shoes are never side by side.  She just kicks them off as she walks somehow. 2. Gracie yells a lot.  Maybe just is going to be a…

  • Things Change

    When things are going smoothly in my life, I run out of blog fodder.  Can you tell? I haven’t had much to blog about these days because there’s been no crisis, little fighting,…

  • Q is for Questionnaire

    (I stole this post idea from my friend Whitney at The Glamorous Life of a Housewife.  Thanks, Whitney!) Tell me about the shirt you’re wearing? It is coral, turquoise, and chocolate brown.  It’s…

  • Blog Fodder

    I get asked a lot how I come up with content to write about on my blog every day.  Under normal conditions, it’s really not so hard.  I just tell you whatever train…

  • Etsy Day!

    My name is Katie.  And I am an online shopper. It started when I was pregnant and was too tired to drag my huge belly around from shop to shop.  I started shopping…

  • In Another Nutshell

    I answered these questions last year and just got kicks, I thought I’d answer them again today. This is what happens when a blogger’s brain fries.   Its sad, really.   Don’t judge…

  • Giveaway: Traditions and Shtuff

    To me, the holidays are about traditions.   And presents.   And fudge.   But mostly about traditions.   In my family, my Mom’s Christmas village is a tradition that I love.  …

  • Next to the Bed

    Tonight I was sitting in the rocking chair in my bedroom, rocking Beanie and giving him his bottle before bed.   I looked over to the table that sits next to the rocking…

  • The Annual Cookie

    Once upon a time there lived a beautiful, intelligent, sophisticated, enchanting…  I’ve run out of adjectives.  Anyway, there was this redheaded chick.  She loved her husband but hated her oven.  Hated it with…