In the morning
This is what I was doing at 7:15 this morning. How about you? By Hildie | Filed under School 13 Comments Share
Boppie
(This picture captures her personality perfectly) My mother, known by the grandkids as “Boppie”, just left after a two week visit. She spent a lot of her time doing this: (otherwise known as finishing up my sewing projects. Although during this visit I think she was stuck making a couple of… Read More
And the winner is . . .
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
Gift idea for a pre-teen boy
Since the holidays are coming up I thought I might be of assistance if you have a 9-13 year old boy that you’ll be gifting to. Sometimes preteen boys can be a little hard to buy gifts for if you don’t want to get anything involving video games or weapons.… Read More
My webcam skills are not this good
York got me hooked on this cute video by the Japanese band Sour. I have no idea how they managed to do it. So simple but so complicated (Plus the song is pretty good too). By Hildie | Filed under Entertainment, Videos 5 Comments Share
Non-essentials
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
Computers can just bite me!
It started out so simply: I gave India an itunes gift card for her birthday. She has a snazzy blue ipod that she bought all by herself with her babysitting money. So what a great gift, right? I’m tired of having her music on my computer (Happy Feet soundtrack anyone?)… Read More
A hairy day
The evidence: The victim: (now sporting a mullet) The perpetrator (also a victim of his own crime): Case Closed: Goodbye hair. We will miss you! By Hildie | Filed under Bad Things 16 Comments Share
Real live Mormons!
I came across a pretty funny article yesterday. It was in The Brooklyn Paper in Brooklyn, NY (which you can read here). I doubt it meant to be as funny as it is. The article describes how a Young Adult Ward spent the morning cleaning a local park and the… Read More
A few things
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