slow mornings, simple joys

Ever since her grandparents gave her a DVD of Swan Lake, twelve-year old Jenny Spark has wanted to be a dancer. But on her first day of ballet class, she suffers a panic attack and makes a horrifying discovery. She’s terrified of dancing in front of the other kids, and as for actually performing for…

I have talked of my affair with Afternoon Tea off and on. In fact my daughter and I have tea together at least once a week. We break out the china and get dressed up and spend an hour pretending we are fine ladies at Bertram’s Hotel (from Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple.) It is great…

How many of you have those darn deodorant or make up stains on your shirts? Don’t hate when that happens. I always hate when I put on a black dress or shirt and my white deodorant gets all over it. My friends over at Zizibizy have created a product just for such mishaps, it called…

You can only imagine the amount of tortilla chips that are eaten in my home. In fact most of the time I make my own from my mother in-law’s recipe. I was thrilled to try Cabo Chips though because I had heard good things about them. Of course i should say that this review was…

As you all know I really enjoy baking! So when I came across My little Cupcake on Chic Execs I just had to pitch to them. I must tell you that these are so super cute. I wanted them for my daughter’s birthday but now that I have one I can see all sort uses…

Year 2028. Emma and Ethan, two seventeen-year-old twins go beyond the limitations of time to find truth and justice. Who really killed President Kennedy in 1963? For the twins, the Chicago assassination was the bloody turning point in the downhill deterioration of USA democracy. They discover a secret Time Machine buried deep in an underground…

I love stationary! Bet you didn’t know that about me. Not many people do, when I was growing up I had so much my dad use to call me a paper hound. I always feel, however, that if you are going to have great stationery then you need a great pen to write on it….

Now through October 12, 2011, parents can help their kids, age six to 12 submit their creative sandwich recipes for a chance to win a $25,000 college fund. To mark the 10th Anniversary of the contest, this year’s Grand Prize Winner will also receive an additional $10,000 for educational products.  A separate contest invites peanut…

I HATE my counter tops! They are awful. Not to mention the fruit punch stain, but we don’t discuss that. Of course all of that was before I found Ginai Granite Paint. From Giani Granite Paint website: Thomas & English, Inc. was founded by Floyd Thomas, Sr. – our current CEO’s grandfather – and Bill…