Sunday, April 24, 2011

Share the Love



Many of the good things in life can be acquired, like the vanilla or the movie, given enough hard work and a little bit of luck. But the truly great things come at no cost and can be found, like the butterfly in All Quiet On The Western Front even in the bleakest of moments.

Now, I'm trying to dodge a bee that has wandered into my house this Easter afternoon. Yes, it might sting me, but even so I'll have my daughters lovely egg above to cheer me up. She painted it a few days ago up at a local retirement home with our 4h group.

I could have mountains of stuff, but the moments watching my kids paint eggs for

Friday, April 22, 2011

Saving Grace

You have had a crappy day. You know the kind.  Your dog left you in debt for another family with leather cushions. Your boyfriend just told you he's going back to the sister wives you never knew he had. Your team lost in overtime, Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Finals. Oh god... *sob*

We all know the pain.

Yes, you could cocoon in a well ventilated panic room with a pint of soft butter and a tub of fresh red wigglers... however, there is an alternative. Recently I had the pleasure to stumble upon the

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Spoonful of Heaven





Well, it took longer that I thought to give strep the almighty boot from my home, but rolling up the kids like tubes of toothpaste seems to have finally squeezed it out of them. So what good could come from such misery? Not much so far, but none the less I still have something awesome to share.

Look in your cupboards. I'm willing to bet somewhere in there you have a sad little bottle of brown glass. Maybe the label is a faded, peeling, or even stained with a few buttery finger prints. Yes, that's right vanilla. Once believed to have sprouted from the blood of an immortal Totonac princess this divine spice has become the