I have a lot to catch up on from the Thanksgiving weekend away! I hope all had a lovely one. We drove down to visit my husband’s parents and grandmother in the Tidewater region of Virginia and had a very nice time. So did Chester, who got presents from grandma, Care-A-Lot Pet Supply in NewportRead more
I was cruising Pinterest a few weeks ago while Doug was sitting next to me on the sofa. When I came to this Salted Caramel Six Layer Chocolate Cake, he said, “Um, could that be my birthday cake?” Why of course, darling! So last week I acquired some delicious semi-sweet Scharffenberger chocolate, a whole heck of aRead more
I wasn’t even going to blog this recipe for pumpkin cookies with brown butter frosting. I’d seen it repeated over and over by different bloggers on my blog feeds and on Pinterest and so I was just going to make the cookies I needed for a church function tonight and go on about my day. ThenRead more
Remember how I said on last week that I rarely buy art because I don’t know that much about it? Well, that’s not strictly true. I just so rarely see anything I like in a thirft store (hello Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light yuck gag cough retch) that I almost never buy anything. Plus, thriftRead more
When I started posting some of my old vintage stuff that I wasn’t as excited about any more back in August, I wasn’t really expecting my little store to take off the way it has. In three months, I’ve sold a lot of stuff, some of which was purpose-bought for the store. As in, IRead more
Doug and I both read a lot. I make a weekly trip to the library, but we also have a lot of books. The living room shelves The office shelves Bedroom shelves More bedroom shelves Yet more bedroom shelves Are you getting the sense that there are a lot of books in the bedroom yet?Read more
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (or aren’t an American), you probably noticed that today is election day. I voted this morning at the crack of dawn because my husband had to git ‘er done prior to boarding his train to go to work. We brought Chester and because it was still dark andRead more
Hey, four straight days of getting dressed in something other than yoga pants isn’t bad, right? Today I got up, fed and walked the dog, ate breakfast and then got started baking. Okay, so it’s not really an excuse. But just LOOK at this. This is a Chocolate Nutter Butter Cake. Isn’t it pretty? IRead more
Talk about a string of bad luck. Doug and I went to three thrift stores today and guess what I bought? Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Oh well. Better luck next time. At least I looked cute while I did it. Shirt: Old Navy (here)Jeans: Lands End Canvas (old)Shoes: Random boutique in San Luis Obispo (veryRead more
Today’s adventure involved leaving the house obscenely early and heading to the Arlington Civitan Flea Market for shopping and a little chit chat with a couple of sellers I know. It sadly didn’t occur to me to take pictures, but there wasn’t a lot of great mid century stuff and very little furniture of anyRead more