#OneGoodThing in 2016
As 2016 begins, I am choosing to focus on something positive each day and to share it with you. These last few years have been difficult for me — and not […]
Writer/Editor, Artist/Maker, Family Caregiver, Perpetually Positive Spoonie, chai and mint chocolate lover with two sweet, wee rescue dogs
As 2016 begins, I am choosing to focus on something positive each day and to share it with you. These last few years have been difficult for me — and not […]
I’m not a mother. But my job description as caregiver would read much the same. Essentially, I’ve had to become my mother’s mother. It’s the hardest job I’ve ever had, […]
The Nosy Parker family has been getting creative to maximize space after a recent downsize to a smaller home. One of our first major in-home projects was installing floor-to-ceiling shelving, drawers […]
Mama and I recently took a trip to The Ellen Degeneres Show. Perhaps you heard us incessantly talking/writing about it? We didn’t get to meet Ellen, but we had a […]
I’ve been making fudge for holiday gifts for more than 10 years. It started when I was in college and looking for an inexpensive gift for friends. I used to […]
The last two months since we’ve moved have been filled with the unpacking stage. The decorating and nesting is by far my favorite part of the entire move. We’ve been […]
Today we began the countdown to see Ellen! In just a couple of weeks, Mama and I get to go to a taping of the “Ellen Degeneres Show” — and […]
One of the first things I made in our glorious new kitchen was homemade apple butter. Before moving we picked apples from our beloved (and seriously overgrown!) tree. In past […]
Our first night we slept on an air mattress in the middle of the living room. It was the only furniture unpacked — and after a long and disastrous move, […]
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged… months since I’ve written much of anything personal at all. We disappeared shortly after our wonderful trip to Los Angeles — where we […]