“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” — Mark Twain Awards are fantastic, but awards from interesting people are even better. Eileen from The Joy of Caking was swell enough to give me this award, along with 14 other lovelies.  Eileen has [...]

I found this old post and am not sure who or when it was from, but I thought I would go ahead and post it anyway. If you are reading this give yourself an award. We all go unrecognized for something we said or did. I am guilty of not always staying caught up on [...]

Boo, no round 3 for me, but I have these cookies. And they are delectable. Good luck to most of you round 3ers. You other ones I should have beat. I’m just saying. I’m kind of sad. Okay I’m fine now. Back to writing without rules! Which is why most of us blog, isn’t it? [...]

Mhel at http://penspansandpuns.blogspot.com/ couldn’t have sent this sunshine at a better time. We are officially into the month of May, and my heat continues to be turned up to 70*.  Seattle has yet to get out of the 50′s, and if it doesn’t soon, pictures of warmth may be all that lifts me out of [...]

The Happy 101 Award Here are the rules: 1    Copy and paste the award on your blog. 2    List who gave the award to you and use a link to their blog (or hyperlink). 3    List 10 things that make you happy. 4    Pass the award on to other bloggers and visit their blog to let them know about [...]