Playing it safe?

The other day, I was watching an episode of, Say Yes to the Dress, and the bride-to-be was trying on these over-the-top tight, sparkly, very sexy dresses. As she was being interviewed about her choices she laughed and said, "I want to look back on my dress and say, 'Wow! What was I thinking?!" I…

guilty pleasures

There are times when I do not want to think, and I've  found a new little "guilty pleasure*" that helps me accomplish just that: a TV show named, "Say Yes to the Dress". Jack doesn't quite share my unbridled enthusiasm, but even though he doesn't want to admit it, he kind of likes it too. I…

Surprise

I like to treat myself at this time of year. One thing that I particularly like is Ben & Jerry's ice cream, so I bought a pint of Cherry Garcia the other day, ate a bowl full (picked the chocolate and cherries out of the rest of the container) and then gave it to Luke.…

An almost ruined morning

I was going to write about our pear tree this morning, went out to take a photograph, and the camera's battery was almost dead. This happens fairly frequently when Jack borrows my camera. He doesn't notice the little signal that tells you the charge is getting low. When I try to take a picture, it's…