Hola friends! I'm a children's book author and wanna-be-farmer. I love cake. I'm also a tiny bit obsessed with all things vintage. I've New Mexico roots with Florida, Washington, Texas, & Maryland branches…leaves have yet to be determined!
If there's one thing being a children's book author has taught me, it's how to wait . . . And wait . . . And wait. . . . And wait some more. But ya know what? Sometimes all that painful, excruciating, agonizing, and let's be honest..diabolical waiting, turns out to be the most… Continue reading FRIDAY FRENZY – I’ll Wait, Mr. panda
I finally did it. I finally figured out how to update my blog....sort of. It took a lot of patience... And cursing... And crying... And temper tantrum throwing... And wondering why in the heck I can't understand techno talk! I mean, If I can raise four kids, move back and forth across the country for… Continue reading It’s About Time!
So I started work on that mini flower garden that hopes to grow into a mini flower farm one day and now I'm hot, dirty, sweaty, bleeding, cursing, and just a fleck of a straw away from all out bawling.... . . Putting in a new garden will put a smile on your face… Continue reading FRIDAY FRENZY – Hug Me
Ya'll, I want a flower farm. I'm going to have a flower farm. Big or small, successful or not, I will have a flower farm. Do I know anything about growing flowers? Dirt. Water. Sun. Seed..... What else could I possibly need? You're rolling your eyes and chuckling at my lack of knowledge aren't you?… Continue reading FRIDAY FRENZY- My Garden
My teenager just got his driver's permit. Want to know what that looks like? Picture this...an old beat up mini-van complete with smashed in side (thank you drive through car wash), what looks like straight from the hood bullet holes (thank you Maryland road work improvement team), cracked windshield, front license plate dangling from one lone… Continue reading FRIDAY FRENZY- Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride
I don't know how it happened but a while back, Fall I think it was, I was in the laundry room digging around for all the dirty soccer gear and I'm pretty sure I was attacked by a mound of nappy socks, the kind of nappy socks that you take one whiff of and the… Continue reading FRIDAY FRENZY – The Napping House
It occurred to me, while making a pile of waffles large enough to feed a football team, that I had not posted the pictures from our drive back home this summer! We did indeed make the long drive back from New Mexico to Maryland as our summer vacation came to an end.... This time, we… Continue reading The Way Back Home
