InsomniMom

 Aisling's Halloween party/sleepover was a lot of fun. We started off with a trip to Jacobs Family Orchard in Mt. Summit, where the girl...

My grandparents, Robert and Mary Burch, were married on October 31, 1939, which seems like an awfully long time ago, doesn't it? And it ...

A month or so ago, our hot water heater bit the dust and when the plumber came toiling up the basement steps, he said, "That hot water...

 I'm a bit behind on my French Fridays with Dorie cooking schedule, but I am still plowing ahead with my head down, making, mixing, stir...

  'Twas pumpkin-carving time here last Saturday, because what better way is there to spend an hour on the weekend than in the harmless p...

This is part of the necklace I'm wearing today, laid out for photographic purposes on the cute runner that's on my dining room table...

Today is one of those Indian Summer days we often get around these parts, but instead of being a day of sapphire skies and big pouffy white ...

Aisling is having a sleepover with some of her giggly friends this coming Friday (that little tiny kid in the picture is not invited); Meely...

Yesterday was gray and windy and rainy. I got up in the morning as usual and went to church, came home, cooked a big breakfast of scrambled ...

Halloween is a fun time of year for me. I love cute little carved pumpkins, scarecrows, sweet Linus and his blanket and chubby little presch...

 " Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup?" I asked, puzzled, when I first saw this recipe was featured for October. "I thought this...

Sore throat. Buzzing feeling in head and ears. Nose that feels like I just ducked my head under water at the pool and took a big, long sniff...