Behold the transformation!

Today I would like to tell you about someone who gives tirelessly of herself in order to help others: Lazette Gifford. I first met Zette over five years ago at Forward Motion Writers’ Community. At the time she was a trusted moderator and back-up to site owner Holly Lisle. Forward Motion has meant just about…

Um, thanks Mar! The deal is as follows: 1. Delve into your blog archive. 2. Find your 23rd post (or closest to). 3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to). 4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions. Ponder it for meaning, subtext or hidden agendas… 5. Tag five…

But even so, I have to show off the youngest of my eleven great-nieces and nephews.My littlest great-nephew, only five weeks old! It was good to see my eldest nephew, his wife, and their three kidlets this weekend, as we hadn’t seen them since their five year old was this tiny. So there was another picnic…

There is a silver lining in every cloud. I really want to believe that. Although there were good reasons for Jim to take this out of town job, right at the moment I’m struggling to remember what they are. He was home briefly for shift turnaround, and has just left. For the second time. I…

Hubby and I did a fact-finding mission on Saturday regarding the pricing of modular housing. We had already decided that a fairly small and inexpensive two-bedroom unit would be adequate as we could install it over a raised basement for added square footage. It had been about five years since we’d priced these units and…