Have yourself a merry little Christmas

While I have to do all the boring gardening stuff, like pickings weeds, my husband does the vegetable garden. Growing vegetables gets him even more excited than a Star Trek episode! It's still kind of cold outside, but he couldn't wait to start sowing his seeds. So he created his own little hothouse, using some...

I'm a sucker for floral prints. I just can't help myself. Recently I even found myself eyeing a floral iPad cover. And I don't even háve an iPad. Once I realized flowers are my weak spot, I've been telling myself: 'You don't really like those gardening gloves/ dustpans/bags etc. You only like them because of...

Having your wisdom teeth pulled is, surprisingly, not at all like pulling teeth. In fact, it was so much easier than I expected that I actually thought: 'I can't believe I made such a fuss!' Once upon a time, well alright, it was 5 years ago my dentist said to me: 'Oh and by the...

My husband brought home this really ugly plant. My father in law bought it, and then gave it to my husband. So it was a gift. And you know what they say about gifts and horses. Which is why I silently suffered it's ugliness. Sometimes beauty comes out of ugly But then one day it...

With four older siblings I could see my youngest son struggling to find his niche. My eldest daughter's niche is easy: her niche is simply Being The Eldest. Then comes my son Jan, who's a bit different because he's got a diagnosis of PDD-NOS. So that's his niche taken care off. After that comes my...

Because I'm afraid someone will steal my electrical bike, I've parked it in our hallway. There it stands waiting for me to go for a bike ride. My electrical bike is turning into a hot spot! But in the meantime it's in danger of becoming a new Hot Spot! You know, the kind of Hot...