Monday I went out looking at houses with my Mom and her realtor. I swear I think we saw something like 14 houses. We started at 9:30am and I didn’t get home until after 7. Long day- but I just love looking at houses, especially the ones that people are still living in. It kills…

Saturday J was getting ready to go to work when he heard this strange popping noise and saw Nelson acting all interested in something out the window. So J peeks out through the blinds and sees our next door neighbor kid, M, and his next door neighbor kid D, shooting paint balls at the oak…

We don’t get much of the white stuff here, so it’s a pretty big event when it snows. Last night it snowed pretty steadily (and with big flakes!) for about 2 hours. Not enough to build a snowman with, but it was certainly very pretty to watch. We ended up with about an inch on…

So here I am. At my house. Not at Ikea. &%$#@!$%!!!! Here’s a little peak into my determination: I needed someone who could be off work today and who could drive my car home while I drove the Uhaul. So….. –I literally asked everyone on my team at work to go with me because they’re…

Ikea is opening a store tomorrow in Coshohoken, PA and do you know that they are not only giving away a free chair to the first 100 shoppers, but they are selling the Ektorp sofa for $299 which is half price. And do you know that the Ektorp sofa is the one we’ve been saving…

Margaret Berry discusses one of my favorite things: accessories.

This weekend was spent painting, organizing, cleaning & house hunting. We want to keep our options open so we spent some time checking out neighborhoods & houses other than the first one we had decided on. We even checked out a neighborhood built very close to where the PTL Network was based. Remember PTL? Jim…

More snacks for your super bowl party here.

My luscious husband has taken the week off work to prepare our home for sale. He’s been painting & doing all sorts of yard work. We’ve been working on projects for a little while, but it’s finally all starting to come together. The hallway is now a lovely shade of buttercream, the office (3rd bedroom)…

New recipe up here.