The transition is complete—our family has made another move.
We are unpacking boxes and fighting a rising tide of packing paper in our new home in Florida. I keep telling myself that the mess has to get worse before it gets better.
It’s always amazing to see a home totally empty and then a few […]

Here in Virginia, we are still enjoying the 14 inches of snow that fell last week.
I know that may not sound like much to you hearty northerners and midwesterns out there, but it was quite a bit for the D.C. area. They closed the malls–I think that says it all! It will certainly be […]

Besides being the “Hap, hap, happiest time of the year,” this time of year is also the busiest.
Are you in the Christmas crunch? I am.
A little over a week to go until Christmas and I haven’t sent my Christmas cards (thank goodness for email!) or picked out every last little gift. And the […]

I am still in computer limbo, which feels a bit like traveling or moving into a new house—nothing is where it is supposed to be, but I know everything I need is around here. . .somewhere.
After a very disappointing visit to my local computer big box store, which was nothing like the Buy More […]

I’m just dropping in today for a moment while I actually have a connection to the Internet.
My laptop is sick. I think it has H1N1. Heroic efforts are being made to save it, but it may be time for the dreaded reinstall.
I really should be doing my Christmas shopping. Has anyone else hit […]

Happy (early) Thanksgiving!
If all goes according to plan–and you all know how that goes–I should be making a pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, and homemade rolls today. What’s in your oven?
Head over to the Good Girls Facebook page today to chat about your favorite Thanksgiving foods.

When we lived in Oklahoma City there was a billboard company that covered unused billboards with an eye-catching photo—one was a fish with glasses—and the words, “Made You Look,” in the bottom corner along with their phone number.
What makes you look twice? I was thinking about this question last weekend as my kids and […]

This week we have G.M. Malliet here! She won an Agatha award for her debut novel, Death of a Cozy Writer and was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity. Death of a Cozy Writer was also chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Books of 2008.

On to the questions…
Dream vacation destination? […]

This week’s post is a round up of assorted bits and pieces.
~First up, a quick report on the Diva tour of North Carolina.
Laura Bradford and I joined with the other Deadly Divas, Marcia Talley, Denise Swanson, and Heather Webber, in a whirlwind tour of North Carolina. We had nine events in four days […]

A few years ago the constant question at the checkout was, “Would you like to open a ____ account?” Stores wanted customers to open charge accounts. My standard answer was always, “No, thanks. I have too many cards as it is.”
I’ve noticed that the would-you-like-to-open-a-charge-account question is passé . The newest thing is the […]