Picture it: Walmart, small town America, Friday night (what exciting lives we lead). We’re walking past the clothing section on our way to the grocery part when I notice a man standing very close to the mirror in the ladies department. He’s got his nose all smooshed over to one side and is popping zits.…

Restoration Hardware sells the most amazing stuff. One of my favorite things is Good Home Company’s Beach House linen spray. This spray literally smells exactly like a beach house. The beach, and all that goes with it, is one of my favorite scents. The air, the salt water, the sand, the coconutty flavor of suntan…

Watching: Spiderman 2 & Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban thanks to Netflix. Reading: Glorious Appearing Doing: Decorating the house, getting Christmas cards ready, knitting like a mad woman. Discovering: As I unpack a box of Christmas decorations my dear husband packed, I finally find: my black Sketchers flip flops I’ve torn the house…

Last night we heard a rustling noise and went to investigate. Ike had gotten into a bag of Ritz chips. He’d pulled off the Twixit clip holding it shut and just went to town. Kea joined in on the feast and we had a couple of salty little dogs on our hands!

We accidentally have the digital video recording service. Please don’t tell our cable company as we are completely hooked. I found it one day when I went to hit the 1 but hit the pause button just above it instead. And the action on the screen stopped and I was so excited! Now I can…