reading time: 2 minutes My Samhain altar (Click for a larger view in a new window.) Blessed Samhain to all! Samhain (pronounced "sow-in") is an important Sabbat in the Wheel of the Year. Many celebrate it as the Celtic New Year, as I do. It is a day that also represents the end of […]
reading time: 2 minutes I just received the most hateful email I think I have ever seen, and it wasn’t even intended to be against me. It was from a friend, about the whole “Happy Holidays” thing. She wanted to start a FB campaign about it, to take back the holiday from all those […]
reading time: < 1 minute Happy New Year! It is 2010, and I can only hope that this year is better than last! Having Soldier Daddy home is definately a good start, however!! ♥ We rang it in with good friends and adult beverages at midnight, after a night of laughter, so much that I […]
reading time: < 1 minute Happy birthday, Ty-man! My baby is 6 years old today, although it definately doesn’t seem possible! I still remember the day I had him like it was yesterday. I was scheduled to be induced at 0600, so at 0530 I was at my girl Stacy’s front door with Scotty so […]
reading time: < 1 minute That’s right! I am 39. And, no, I am not ashamed to admit it! I am also a cougar, and not ashamed of that, either! I still get mistaken for 10 years younger, so I am OKAY! I may be bigger than I used to be, but I have a […]
reading time: 2 minutes It’s Monday and I have coffee. Thank the Goddess. It has been one of those weekends when sleep and I weren’t even in the same house, much less the same page or even the same book. Sleep stood outside my bedroom window for most of the weekend, laughing and pointing at me […]
reading time: < 1 minute Happy Birthday, to the twins! Today is Corey’s 30th birthday and would have been my grandmother’s 96th birthday. It was always a family joke that Corey and Grandma were long lost twins separated by generations, but still twins at heart! I miss you, Grandma, and happy birthday! But, bittersweet memories […]
reading time: 3 minutes Happy birthday, Corey,… PART I! Okay, his birthday is actually the 11th, but in his current part of the world, it will be the 11th in about 7 hours. So, happy 30th birthday, baby! We are actually in the same decade, for another year, 2 months and 1 day. Woot! […]
reading time: < 1 minute A Night in Paris! It rained ALL day Saturday, in a big way, but thankfully it cleared up in time for the obligatory pictures!! Donovan looked great in his tux and his date was beautiful! I borrowed my dad’s car for the event and acted as chauffeur. I admit, I […]
reading time: < 1 minute Did you know,… 1. That the harp is the national symbol of Ireland, making it the only country in the world with a musical instrument as its symbol? 2. That over 34 million Americans have Irish ancestry, including this Irish lassie? 3. That, according to the Guiness Book of World […]