• I’m Crafty Like That

    I think I’m good at a lot of things. I think I can write pretty well. I’m good at keeping things organized, maybe a little too organized. I can remember names of actors that had exactly one line in a movie that my husband and I loved that we saw on our third date 25…

  • I Just Like Stuff

    Do you have any collections? I’m one of those “stuff” people. I like stuff. I have tacky knick knacks lining my bookshelves. I’ve always been that way. So it’s not surprising that I like to collect things, or at least I did. I used to have a pretty sizable collection of snow globes. I loved…

  • Easter Steve

    In case anyone has been following my office tree shenanigans, particularly where Steve—the skull tree topper—is concerned, I have to announce that he is now ready for Easter! A Steve for Every Season is where I explain why I have kept a skull up there beyond October. Behold! Steve and the bunny ear hat I…

  • What’s in a Name?

    If you could have something named after you, what would it be? Several things are running through my mind about this. Some of those thoughts are a school. I was an educator for so long. Maybe an award or a scholarship? My father-in-law was a very well respected and revered teacher at the other Catholic…

  • Things that are making me happy (part 6)

    My current crochet project. I am recreating the Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine out of yarn and I’m loving it! Part of the reason I am so happy working on this is that it’s not for me. It’s for a mom and pop auto shop in Ashland, Virginia who I recently discovered is one of the most…

  • Things that are making me happy (part 1)

    I feel like much of what I have posted online and what I have said to people lately begin with “now that I’m done with grad school”… After that usually comes a statement about something that I am enjoying or something that I am going to do that I couldn’t do for the past two…