Lucky Dorito

Five Things I Want to Do this WEEKEND:
1. Sew some projects I’m trying to finish.
2. Take lots of pics of my girls playing in the snow.
3. Play Rummikub with Shannon.
4. Conquer that mountain of laundry.
5. Hopefully *cross my fingers* get an iPhone!!
What are you wanting to do this weekend?

I just finished this hefty nearly 1100 page novel by the King of Storytellers – in my opinion, anyway – Stephen King.
For someone like me, that is a full-time mom and wife, a full-time employee, a novice photo junkie, and a blogging, knitting and rummikub addict – finding the time to read such a large [...]

Originally published in February 2009, I wanted to update and re-post this mainly for my mother-in-law, but anyone else that is new here also. I often get emails (luckydoritoATgmailDOTcom) from those that are either too shy or too new to blogging to comment here and they feel more secure sending their words via email. Which [...]

Or does it?
This is what I found at the office while cleaning this weekend: 
(don’t freak out – it is only ketchup, not blood!)

Tell me – what would possess someone to do that?? Seriously?
Good gracious.

Have a wonderful weekend!

I am thankful for so many things, both big and small, in my life. So often I go through each day, rushing from one task to another, never stopping long enough to think about just how good I’ve got it. I watch the devastation in Haiti on the news and I cry for those people…. [...]

When we came home from church Sunday morning, there were a gazillion birds out in the yards. It was kind of bizarre, in a Hitchcock-sort-of-way, to see that many in our yard at one time. I suppose the recently melted snow combined with the drizzling rain made the worms surface in abundance. And the birds [...]

Welcome to my world!
Sweet friend + Magnifying Glass + Camera = Funniest Face EVER

Oh. My. Gosh.
I’ve never laughed so hard as I do each time I look at this photo.

Every time I am using an ice cream scoop, I think of my Granny.

My Dad and Granny, August 2001
When we were young, she lived about an hour away from us and I’d sometimes go spend a week with her during our summer break from school. She lived in a very rural area and they spoke [...]

Can you guess where we went?