Remember the olden days when a gift with purchase was something that was actually nice? Not something seemingly picked from the pile of leftovers from the SA’s taking the really good stuff and the good stuff they gave to the… Continue Reading
Musette’s here a-visitin’ this week (woohoo!!) so I’m writing this ahead of time and it’s also off topic. Let’s chat about fall/winter clothes, I’ll be on here responding to comments. If that bores you, see you next time. It’s getting… Continue Reading
Reading Musette’s post from yesterday brought it home that Fall is really here. As a matter of fact we are well on the way to winter. So I thought “Tom, you haven’t bored readers rigid with your stories in, like,… Continue Reading
Well since both Portia and Cinnamon recently wrote about this who am I to break a pattern? Especially since I had some Nordy points and Nordstrom helpfully sells the small bottle. I’ve been hankering for it for a while and… Continue Reading
Since Portia shared her and Jin’s wedding photos and story I thought I would (maybe rehash?) write about the wedding that I helped make a cake for. This was probably about 20 years ago when my dear (and now sadly… Continue Reading
Hey friends – it’s the tail end of the long Labor Day weekend in the U.S., maybe some of you are reading this at the beach? Or stuck in traffic trying to get home (if you’re driving, put the phone… Continue Reading
It’s mid-August. If it’s summer in your locale, folks are on vacation, at the beach, at the pool, stuck at home or the office, eating fresh, ripe tomatoes and the last of the peaches … you get the idea. (If… Continue Reading