The same band I marched with in in the Presidential Inauguration Parade last year has another amazing performance opportunity. I’m stoked t...

I swear our house is shrinking. Once upon a time, had storage space to burn. (Don’t. It wastes a perfectly good space and might catch the re...

All of my summer shorts are too big after I met my weight loss goal. It is a nice problem to have. Fortunately, I had a couple of pairs of...

I played a lot of board games as a kid. Between my friends and I, we had and played all of the major games from Candyland to Ants in the Pa...

I grew up with a healthy respect for driving in Ohio snow and ice even before I got my driver's license. Every winter of my childhood, I...

Do you have a winter thermostat war in your home? I recently read a BlogHer post about a woman asking for advice on what to do because her...

I am so upset on what was supposed to be a happy occasion. Husband took me to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for my birthday. I used the b...

Happy Halloween! Today is one our favorite holidays because it is all about frivolous fun. I got my costumer on and made a rare set of mat...

Happy news! I met my weight loss goal! I am now back into what is considered the healthy range of my Body Mass Index (BMI.) I realize BMI m...

Oh Summer. I wait for you all year long and before you know it – poof! – you are gone. Our summer got off to a weirdly slow start due to t...

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Zyrtec for SocialSpark . All opinions are 100% mine. My husband saw me leaning over ...

I spent last weekend at the Big Dance of female blogging conferences – BlogHer. While last year at BlogHer was good, I was determined to mak...

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Husband and I took a tour of the  Ohio Statehouse  with visiting German friends. While the ornament style is...

I’m lucky gal. When I see something I want or need, I am not afraid to go into my workshop, pull out my tools, and make it. If I don’t know ...

I dreamed Husband and I won the lottery. Then strangers and scammers swarmed our house asking for money for shady reasons. We had to to move...

Lacey’s obedience and behavioral training is working! Lacey is consistently walking at our side 90% of the time on a loose leash. Yay Lacey!...

I am flattered when people complement Husband and I on the lengths we will go to rehabilitate a dog with behavioral issues. Sometimes they u...

My feet hurt. I was tired. My hands in their it-was-supposed-to-be-colder-than-this fleece gloves were starting to overheat. My frustration ...

I like Christmas and the excuse to dress up the house in its party clothes. This year it all seemed like work I had to do instead of work I...

Husband and I took a much needed vacation last week. We went to Frankenmuth Michigan, which is a lot like Brigadoon but with lederhosen. Y...