Sort of... Okay, I bought a plain wreath and decorated it. But aren't you impressed with that bow?! First I wrapped it with white twinkl...

Here are a couple pictures of the lights and fun outside the house: Limited funds required me to get creative with what I already had, so I ...

When we moved in, the kitchen walls were a pale yellow (that looked sort of greenish) and the light fixture was an ugly standard (the cheape...

This is where the great family Christmas Eve dinner will be taking place: There's still no proper floor in there, but I figured that was...

It's been snowing here in the MA suburbs pretty much non-stop since around noon on Friday, and it's supposed to keep going (with ano...

And constantly being changed and shifted and updated... but I thought I may as well get some pictures up here now before Christmas has come...

So I've been wanting to paint my kitchen before the family descends for Christmas... Which necessarily means that I will be painting wit...

What a time to be in Chicago! Less than a month after their senator is elected president, less than a week before their Governor is arrest...

Last weekend (two weekends ago? who can keep track... ) Sometime in the recent past... I accompanied my mother to a Gem and Jewelry Show. I...

I've finally found a fixture to replace that awful (ok, not awful, but awfully plain and traditional) light on my dining room ceiling! T...

Is that ICE on my River?!!! Yes it is. It's been below freezing for a little over a week now, but I didn't think a moving river woul...

Rachel Ray has come out with a Christmas CD, and it's fantastic! No, no, she hasn't taken up singing (probably a good thing since s...

I know, I know! It's not even Thanksgiving yet! I know because my husband keeps yelling that at me... And although I can't begin p...