“One is, we should never, ever give up. Two is, you’re never too old to chase your dream. Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it is a team.” ~Diana Nyad Diana is the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark tank. She’s also a 64-year-old …
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I thought it would be fun to look back over the last six months since Sweet E was born and see what I’ve learned (with apologies to Esquire). #1) The human capacity for love doesn’t spring from one well, but many. My absolute love for my own child is so deep and wide that I …
I have been baking up a storm (today it’s pumpkin sweet rolls) on a foot that I burned on a hot sidewalk -so much so, that I can not run or even bike-and I lost all sense of time and realized that I didn’t have a post ready for today, so I swiped this from …
How ’bout a twirly whirl around the World Wide Web, today? I thought it would be fun to share some of the Internety thangs I love…like babies surfing the web! More Love: * Kit, over at DIYdiva.net is one of my all-time favorite DIY experts. There’s not much she won’t tackle and she offers easy-to-follow …
To whom do we turn when we are sinking, when we are burning, when we are withering from the world’s hellish heat? To whom do we turn when we can no longer ignore a burden so fierce that it strips us, layer by layer, slowly and painfully, until we are raw and unfit for others? …
I bake a lot, and as a frequent baker, I’ve found what works for me when it comes to ingredients. Enter baking extracts: are they created equal? Um, no. Vanilla extract is a good point of reference. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through the Amazon links …
A year ago-ish, my Blackberry started to fizzle. I loved that phone, yet was no longer in contract at Sprint and thought I’d look around to see what I could find out about saving me some dough. The following videos chronicle my journey (the final video was filmed 5/6/13): Sprint vs Boost Mobile: Part One …
Oh, vinegar, how I love thee. Many of you are like me in that you want to save $$$ when cleaning your homes, while keeping thangs as non-toxic as possible. Enter the magic of vinegar. I’ve used this trick for years. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping …
I received an email from Ducks ‘n a Row, a lovely blog, and this is what I found attached: ~FAINT~ Isn’t the added text beautiful? (original post and unadorned pic HERE) Here’s what Ms. Sinea said, after advising me she was featuring my brownies on her blog: I hope you don’t mind but I have …