This, That, and the Mother Thing

I gave up Facebook for Lent this year.  I normally don't observe any "fasting" for Lent as I am not Catholic and it certainly ...

Since I have become an evangelist for homemade yogurt in the real world, I've decided to create a blog post for my online world about ho...

Well, the name of the blog is "This, That, and the Mother Thing" so I'm going to assume that occasionally, I get to write abou...

Yes, I promised to write up about our trip to Obama's second inauguration and here goes. First thing: GO TO AN INAUGURATION.  WoW!  Th...

When Dave and I got engaged, we decided that each of us had four "Crazy Eights."  For us, this means that we can make a big(ish) d...

Now that's an attention grabbing title, amiright? Yes, well, it's been eventful around here and much of my attention has been focu...

So we were bitten by the camping bug this weekend, and, fortunately, that is not literal statement. The odd thing is that this wasn...

I saw a friend over the weekend and we were talking about how well written Julia's blog Here Be Hippogriffs  is. I particularly like how...

I didn't know I had a hole in my heart until a flock of chickens filled it. I love everything about these birds!  I love how they ...

The events described in this blog were experienced, relived, and written about with a great deal of hand flapping and use of the phrase OOOO...

One of the fun things about having the kidlets is the new words they invent or misspeak.  As a psychologist who studies groups, it's a n...

Dave: "You know, we purposefully bought a house in the city." Me:  "Yes." Dave: "And then we turned it into a f...

So, next in the series of DIY projects are some cupcakes I made for Dave's work.  Folks at Dave's job have been working their bootie...

It is "knitted" or just "knit?"  I don't know.  In any case, I made this!! The pattern came from this one on Ra...

I submitted this column to the Charlotte Observer for consideration for their Guest Fashion column.  It hasn't shown up, so I'm thin...

People have asked me how I can work full time, be a mother, garden, knit, geek, and whatever else it is I do with my days. Do you know wha...

OMG.  Are you on Pinterest?  Follow me and I'll follow you back.  I LOVE that site.  All these great ideas of crafts for me to do, activ...

I realized that the last post left folks at the critical point without much resolution.  We were in the hospital and not getting out any tim...

So, why not a bar in a hospital?  Who needs it more than those of us spending the night with our sick loved ones and are too revved up to ge...