Lent is Not Fun

This year for Lent I decided to give up coffee. It has been a lot harder than I thought it would be. I didn't realize how very dependant on the gorgeous brown nectar of the gods I have been. For the past few days I have forgotten words, fallen asleep at inopportune times (e.g. in the shower and on the phone), burned myself while cooking (more than I usually do) and spent lots of time standing in rooms trying to remember why I had gone to them in the first place. I'm not liking it. The good news is I have been sleeping really well, and there are only 36 days of Lent to go. 36 DAYS!!!

Please, pray for me.

French Toast Thursday

I love my husband! This morning he informed me that he would be making breakfast. This is what he prepared...



He makes everything bad somehow seem not so bad.

My New Favorite Blog

If you look at this blog for more than a second you will see why. This is one of the best things that can be found there, it is the...


Kitchen grater shrine!



The caption reads; "Two things that should never even be used in the same sentence - "Kitchen Grater" and "Madonna."

A Source of Fun and Frustration

I have been teaching myself to crochet for 3 months. I have made a couple of blankets and a hat so I was feeling pretty good about my progress until... I purchased a pattern book with a pattern for a beautiful hat and scarf set. I can't figure the darn thing out! The first part of the scarf is easy enough but at the end of the row there are some strange instructions that I just can't understand. I tried writing the instructions out long hand, but that didn't work. So I'm stuck. GURRR. Oh well, I will keep working on the blanket I started to rebuild my confidence. Hopefully I will be up to taking another look at the scarf pattern when I'm done.