I got together yesterday with my old high school friend Kim.  Jasper and her daughter got along very well.  As in “madly in love”.  It’s so cool when your kids get to meet your friends’ kids–and they get along!  Sorry the pictures are blurry.  I was laughing so hard I… Read More

I’m over at Segullah today, just doing my best.  (Or am I?  Doing my best, I mean.) By Hildie | Filed under Uncategorized 5 Comments Share

Mister wanted in on all the gnome hijinx By Hildie | Filed under Uncategorized 6 Comments Share

There have been a few things in my life that have seriously started to unravel over the past couple of days.  Meaning that I will not be blogging for a bit. But I hope to see you again soon. Have a lovely Halloween! By Hildie | Filed under Uncategorized 9… Read More

The winner of my “all homemade, all the time” giveaway is Emmie-Lew.  Send me your info, girl! By Hildie | Filed under Uncategorized 3 Comments Share

I’ve been browsing a bit on etsy lately.  It’s very addictive and I can find all sorts of non-useful things that I really must have.  Some favorites:   This monogrammed Queen Bee canvas: This cake platter is perfect for me; I love cakes, I love flowers, I love mosaics. I… Read More

This is a post about some of the random things rattling around in my life right now. There is a man with no teeth fixing my roof. He was quite charming and persuasive and I couldn’t resist his sales pitch even though I’m really into teeth. He informed me that he… Read More

Would someone please tell me how I could possibly have a fourteen-year-old?  I mean, when did that happen?   I lucked out with this girl. She’s the best child a mom could hope for. Love you India! Happy birthday! By Hildie | Filed under Uncategorized 13 Comments Share

If you were to spend the weekend in Dallas doing this: And came home to find this sitting next to your sink, what would you do?  Would you figure that the babysitter bought some sort of weird potatoes to feed to your kids?  And then would you pick it up… Read More

I’m supposed to be writing a post for Segullah right now.  I have two pieces that I’ve been working on and neither of them looks very promising.  They are just not turning out. The writing muse can be rather fickle, I’m afraid.  So instead of banging my head against the… Read More

Awww, maybe I will miss them after all. By Hildie | Filed under Uncategorized 8 Comments Share