And now the weekly installment of places I’ve been around the countryside of Niagara County. The Sanborn Old General Store. And the Ransomville Antique Co-op. While out I found…

Moose: A Memoir Oh no. This is why I hate promising myself I will  do a quick blurb on every book I read…because sometimes, the books I read…

The first book I finished reading in 2011 is Freedom: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen. I bought this one from B&N in hardcover because I just had to…

Top Ten Most Inspirational Characters 1. Mary Matalin and James Carville, All’s Fair in Love and War and Running for President In fairness, they aren’t fictional characters…however they…

Knead the Dough. While staying in the country this weekend “He Who Makes Me Smile” took me to the cutest gosh darn restaurant in Niagara County for breakfast…

Snow Angels. Baby, it’s COLD outside! But that nice fresh, white backyard was just calling out to me… As you can see I ran out of steam at…

Snow, Blood and Tacos. First of all—what a FABULOUS winter day in the city of Buffalo for the FLURRIOUS FESTIVAL!Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!…

It NEVER would have occurred to me…a single cup coffeemaker? And then SURPRISE! I opened my present from my Mom and Keith and there it was! Something I…

Sick Day, Today I spent almost the entire day like this…looking at the fluffy snowflakes outside the window in between snoozes while keeping hydrated and *hopefully* sleeping off…

I discovered the 16oz of FREEDOM tumbler during the Smith Family Jamboree this Summer. And I ended the Summer camping with the Smowens Family… with the 16 oz….

Doggie! Meet Henri! (Yes, say it in French…) Tis been years and years and years since I’ve been in doggie proximity, depsite many of my friends having dogs,…

Featured Artists: Great Big Sea, Barenaked Ladies, Kardinal Offishall, Running Red Lights and Comedian Calwyn Shurgold New Year’s Eve. When I saw the announcement that one of my…

My friend Karen invited me to go to the Sabres game with her for the New Year! Thank you Karen! Feisty scoring right off the bat by Boston…and…

For years and years and years I’ve wanted a Carhartt jacket. Mostly because of a sentimental attachment to my dad and childhood but also because HOLY WARM BATMAN!…

Dating Lessons Learned Hmmmm. I’ve dated quite a bit this past year…and I have learned a few lessons I would like to share (Disclaimer: Not all lessons learned…

The nice man I’ve been dating the last few weeks bought me a very, very nice Christmas present. A sterling silver diamond/amethyst penguin necklace. One day he asked…

Perhaps. My friends and I stayed at the Embassy Suites near Foggy Bottom this weekend. $130 for an executive suite. HUGE common area in addition to the bedroom….

Pi Time in Washington D.C! Aaaaaaaaand I’m off. $1 Megabus Overnight Ticket to one of my favorite places in the whole wide world Washington D.C.! Even better…I get…

Ah…FINALLY! REAL SNOW IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO! I can think of few things that make me happier—-huge fluffy snowflakes! When I saw how gorgeous it was outside…

All Things Cookies 2010 So far I’ve made… 1. *Cherry Chip Cookies (Yes, from the cake mix, yum!) 2. Chocolate Chip Cookies (just need to buy the melty…

Cookie Porn.Do you see what I see??? I guess I will make sure to have only ONE of these peppermint kiss cookies per plate.   Ok, that was…

My house smells like cookies, I’ve been baking since coming home from work this afternoon. (Ok, after a nap first.) My living room is warm thank to the…

Thanksgiving Montage, My niece suddenly knows how to read and write! She read me a bedtime story AND wrote this on the dry-erase board at the end of…

Psychic Pancakes I love it when this happens… I read this article on Yahoo about the Best Pancake Mixes before going to bed last night. So…I woke up…