Pottery Class

Four years ago (hard to believe it has been that long) I asked Haley if she was interested in taking a teen/parent pottery class. I liked the idea of doing something creative and entertaining together, since so much of our daily life revolved around school and work and housekeeping. She agreed and we spent the next four Saturdays learning how […]

Kitchen Organizing, take 2

A few years ago, I purchased a very large number of spice bottles, carefully labeled them, transferred the contents of numerous containers of all shapes and sizes, and proclaimed our spice collection suitably organized. Since I don’t do a lot of cooking, I found the system completely functional and satisfying to my need for order.  Tom, on the other hand, […]

Me Being Crafty

So, I’m not a super crafty person, but I do like to do crafty things on occasion.  I pulled out my woefully small collection of Valentine’s Day decorations and decided I needed more.  But I didn’t feel like going shopping or actually doing anything difficult, so I went looking for Valentine’s printables (and there are quite a few on the […]