A milestone.  these are both my feet. wearing shoes that fit comfortably.  normally there would be no problem with a photo like this.  except that one of the shoes belongs to my 9 year old son.  waaaaaahhhhhhh! (i keep grounding him, over and over,...

A friend of mine used to say "Christmas at the mailbox!" every time someone had a package when we were in college (120 apartments, and someone was always pregnant, so families were sending a lot of packages).  That same friend provided me with...

I decided to spatchc00k our turkey this year because our apartment gets really hot if the oven is on too long (thank you Martha Stewart).  Naturally it looked much easier, in the pictures of her magazine, to cut out the backbone and break the...

We made our Thankful Turkey last night for Family Home Evening.  He's sitting under the a/c waiting for an unwary turkey hunter to walk by...  I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week already! Just 36 days until Christmas!

Autumn decor FAIL. this ugly garland has been up in my living room for a month now (there's another one, identical, on the opposite wall) because I'm too annoyed at how long it took me to make it, to take it down. It's hideous. I can hardly look at it....