Back in the spring, Ralphie came to pick up her daughter from my house and brought with her the library copy of Edenbrooke. She said, “This is due next Thursday. You should read it. I think you’ll love it.” But I am an idiot, and I did not. (I did return it on time, though, because I am a good…
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Foam Sticker Banner
Sponsor-y post ahead. Consider yourself disclosed. Thanks, as always, for being a good sport (read on, and you’ll see that that, there, was a really fantastic and clever and highly original pun). I would have been happy to get a giant box of PomTree Kids supplies any day of the week. But when it showed up on a Friday night…
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Pumpkin Crepes with Cheesecake Filling
I know. I’m just as bad as everyone else. That first can of pumpkin I bought for my Spoonful chocolate chip pumpkin cookies has turned me into a monster (after I made those cookies, I went ahead and put together an entire collection of pumpkin cookies, many of which I’m tempted to try). Judge away. And have another pumpkin recipe….
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Raiding My Sister’s Closet: Trying Out a Trend (Leather edition)
When we decided to do leather for our next round of “Trying Out a Trend,” I had grand visions of leather pants or a leather pencil skirt. But, I’m just not sure I could pull of leather leggings (actually, I know it. I tried some on a few weeks ago and they were decidedly not that flattering on me). And…
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Four Eyes
Merrick wrote a post last week about how she always wanted glasses when she was growing up. This kind of boggles my mind because the glasses she saw most often during those formative years of her life were these ones: And I can’t imagine that those glasses would make anyone think they were cool. If Merrick writes a post next…
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