by marciadmin | Dec 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Ten or so years ago, I bought some ribbon at Costco. You know that Christmas ribbon that comes in spools of 100 ft or so. I couldn’t resist. It was sparkly and pretty, and I like my gifts to be sparkly and pretty. (This is an inherited trait passed down from my...
by marciadmin | Dec 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
This past week, I picked up a roast for, well, dinner with the intent on making it the next night. I have never cooked a roast before, but I wasn’t worried. Easy access to recipes on the internet make me brave. Besides, how hard is it to mess up a roast? But you...
by marciadmin | Oct 26, 2013 | Thoughts, Uncategorized
This post is part of Rhobin Lee‘s monthly Round Robin Blog Hop. This month’s theme is fittingly “paranormal.” Enjoy! I was fifteen and home alone. Janna was out somewhere, my other siblings had long since moved out, and my parents were at a...
by marciadmin | Oct 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am spoiled. I live in California. There are smokers, but we are such anti-smoking there that I am sure most smokers feel uncomfortable or defensive when they light up a cigarette. They are chased outside and relegated to small corners far away from the rest of the...
by marciadmin | Oct 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
The other day, we were visiting my mother. The fair was on, so Mom, Charlie, Lily, and I decided to go. We had a great time, although my feet were barking after 6-7 hours on my feet. We arrived around 1:30 pm. Our late morning/slash breakfast was catching up to us....
by marciadmin | Sep 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
A few months ago, a friend of Lily’s gave her two baby praying mantises. We fed them aphids, watched them molt, and eventually had to let them go early as we were going to be out of town for a week, the aphid supply was dwindling, and I was worried they die if we...
