In Mourning...

I'll be taking a break from my regular schedule, since my brother passed away yesterday. Others may be posting on the blog. I may or may...

On My Mother's Yartzeit

As per Jewish custom, I have a 24 hour light burning in her memory. I have no set custom as to what to do on these memorial days for her. Wh...

Together Again

Sorry that the quality of this photo is so awful, but if I can find a better copy to use I will.  My Uncle George, My Father and My Aunt Boc...

Guest Post from "Smile As It Happens": " What to know: From Military to Civilian Life"

I hope everything had a fabulous Fourth and is ready to enjoy the weekend! Today I am collaborating with Emma Banks, from Smile As It Happen...

Hiking Point Defiance

My husband had the day off on Friday so we took a nice long hike/walk in the beautiful Washingtonian woods. We had visited Point Defiance Zo...

Thrifty Thinkin': On Eating, Food Budgets and Couponing, Etc...

When I moved out here in December, finally able to live with my husband and do exciting dreadful things like grocery shopping I had utterl...

Hand-Painted Art for My Kitchen: "Where You Invest Your Love..."

This post has been a long time coming. This project was finished a couple weeks ago, but I was waiting to get it hung up (with the help of m...

And that's all my phone has to say about that:

Saturday we spent the day with my husband's public speaking class. The kind professor is also a local pastor, and he brought the class o...