Wishing you the grace and magic of Christmas all year long.

Those of you who know me are familiar with the fact that my office is located in a shopping mall. A dangerous place, indeed, for the paycheque. Not as bad as when, as a teen, I worked at a department store and was paid in cash. The good side of working in a mall is…

Came home from work last week to see the following google search recorded on my toolbar: chili left out over night. Uh-oh, husband in trouble. The night before I cooked a huge pot of chili, painstakingly made from shredded beef, with a jar of Trader Joe’s mole sauce mixed in for good measure. It was…

Thanks to you for all the anniversary wishes. The weekend, on Orcas Island WA, was perfect. We stayed at a resort that was originally the Rosario estate built in 1909 by Robert Moran. Mr. Moran left school at age 14 in NY to help in the family business of making belts for Singer Sewing Machines.…

Due to strong senses of adventure, commitment, and humour, and an occasional bottle of good red wine, Chuck and Li are married for 25 years. Before: After: We’re off to celebrate this weekend. See you next week.

Why is it, you won’t see someone in years and then you see them three times in short succession? I experienced a version of this the other day. Stuck on a crossword puzzle word, Chuck asked me if I’d ever heard of the word ululate. Not having heard of it before he assumed it was…

Wonder what Google searches I’ll get with that title? In a break from knitting, I give you the following true story: I am not shoe addicted as some, as I am extremely tenderfooted, hence the need for comfy shoes as pictured on the left. I don’t know how I was blessed with such namby pamby…

The before shot doesn’t look as bad as it really was and the after doesn’t look as good as it really does.  Isn’t it funny how a pretty driveway makes an ugly garage door look uglier? Bryant discovers the curling iron. Before and after: On our October vacation, Blogless Marsha told me if I was…

Back in the day, if you lost your car keys, there were two options: 1. Call your carefully guarded key code into a locksmith and have them cut another key – $4.50.or2. Have the locksmith make what you thought was an expensive house call  $45. He would do his magic with something like wax and…

Recently subscribing to Interweave`s Knitting Daily, I have learned the truth about UFO`s. Only 2% of polled knitters have no unfinished objects. 36% have between two and four, 36% have between five and eight, and 6% of us have over 20 UFO`s hanging around. That`s all I needed to hear to cultivate a worse habit.…