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Last week, while shopping at JC Penney, I walked by this purse and it just jumped out at me and I stopped to look it over.  I LOVED it.  I snapped a photo of it and thought, What the heck?  I sent it off to my husband with the message….Love this purse….it’s at JCP. I…

UPDATE:  We are having such a winter warm-up, that we are having fog….such thick, dense fog that school was first 2 hours late and now CANCELLED, due to fog and slippery roads.  So, day 2 of No School for the winter is upon us.  Is it too early for wine??????? This week, here in Iowa,…

In honor of Valentine’s Day, I wanted to share a couple quotes that I just fell in love with.  May you feel the love of friendship,the love of family, the love of a child, or from the love of your life today!  You can feel the love when you read these! Thus let me hold thee…

Things I Love… This is my feature where I get to share something that I just love. Since you are my friends, I like sharing things I love with others. It could be anything from a new product, food, recipe, song, image, to a person and everything in between. This will be something I am…

Today I made a decision to take a weekend getaway.  No, I am not taking a flight to somewhere warm.  No, I’m not going to lay in a hotel room and order room service all weekend.  No, I am not going to a spa and getting pampered for a weekend.  Instead, I am driving 7+ hours…

Last week I opened up one of my Betty Crocker newsletters and found this recipe in it.  I printed it off and thought it would be perfect for our Super Bowl gathering.  The sloppy joes were a hit except they were a little spicy for me.  Although, today, I had some leftover for my lunch,…

Today’s winner of the Energizer Max batteries…. Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 3 Timestamp: 2011-02-07 Congrats to Megan! Megan said… Yea! Sign me up! 😉 Megan, I will be contacting you shortly and you should be receiving your batteries very soon!

Things I Love… This is my feature where I get to share something that I just love. Since you are my friends, I like sharing things I love with others. It could be anything from a new product, food, recipe, song, image, to a person and everything in between. This will be something I am…

I wanted to let you know about a program the Build-A-Bear company is offering. Each year for the past eight years, Build-A-Bear Workshop, through its Huggable Heroes program, has searched for and recognized young leaders who make positive contributions in their communities or around the world. This year, ten Huggable Heroes, between the ages of eight…

At 5:00 AM my husband and I both woke up at the same time.  I was cold, but thought it was because I hadn’t turned on my side of the heated mattress pad (yes I know I am spoiled…thanks Mom!) Then I realized my head was cold.  Pat had already leaped out of bed, knowing before…