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Today I was contemplating how to celebrate Shrove Tuesday - or Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras - all names for Ash Wednesday Eve. As kids we...

I'm sharing 20 memories in honor of living in my house for 20 years. Here is #9.... This ranks as the Number One Great Thing t...

[Click on the title to read the full post] I am excited to be participating in the Think Kit project again this year. Today's...

So. I'm going to Ireland later this month. Mom is traveling with me for the first week, and then I'll be joined by my sisters, ...

[click on the title for the full post] Today's Think Kit blogging prompt : Take a poll and share the results. Is there something yo...

Celebrating with the father of the bride - Cousin Jeff Dad and I headed to Cass County (where he grew up) to attend the wedding of h...

Vintage wrapping paper                                                                                                       ...

A good time was had by all. The hayride/costume contest was a great mix of Dad's Second Helpings volunteer friends, family, neighbors...

Phoenix Airport, Southwest terminal  I guess there is no place like home, but sometimes you want to slow the process down a little bit -...

Me as Martha Midway, the Arizona State Fair mascot  I couldn't believe my luck. The Arizona State Fair was happening in Phoenix wh...

Ann and Tim and I went to dinner tonight and explored one of the downtown Phoenix's newest restaurants/pubs, Angels Trumpet Ale Hous...

I've been quite the traveler this month. Only five days back from Austin and I'm gone again. I flew to Phoenix yesterday after ...

Remember when you were a kid and you thought that your dad was awful for rousting you from bed at 8:00 on Saturday mornings to scoop out ...

Second Helpings had a table at the Fair as part of Elanco’s Hunger Relief Day.  My first goal for the day was to get the display mater...

These sensible boots are on some stylish woman at a swanky hotel opening. I couldn't stand the snow boots one more day, so I broke out...

Brother J.R. treated us to brunch at their club to celebrate Mom's birthday. I didn't know that I liked waffles so much. And sausag...

Before the sled ride actually started.  Our dad has a big Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Fish Fry at the farm. You can read about the party in...

View from the best seat in the house - Chad Mills concert Have you ever been to a house concert? It's just that - a concert in someone...

My feet: ice skating at Rockefeller Center, December 9, 2010 I got to spend a whole day in New York City last month! Beth took this grea...