I think this is the first Christmas item I unpack every year.  Of course, it is the first thing to go on the tree (after the lights) but it ...

. . . I mean, I really should be grateful for oh, so many things.  My family, my home, our excellent crop year, my church, my easy, peasy li...

. . . delicious Lutheran pies, made lovingly by good Lutheran women! Rhubarb and a few apple pies today.  Peach, cherry and the rest of t...

. . . and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! Tonight is the night when pumpkins stare Thro...

. . . whose name is Shelly and whose blog is Bungalow Bling and who is one of the kindest, craziest, funniest, sweetest bloggers I regularl...

Did you notice that I haven't posted since the beginning of October?  Did you notice that I haven't been leaving YOU comments?  Did ...

14 days of NOT doing anything, creating anything, cleaning anything (well, that's okay) and staying inside and at home.  14 lost days th...