Check out this holiday wreath I made. You have to admit, it’s at least good for a chuckle.

Christmas is just about here… and even people who have skills like “organization” and “planning” and “taste” have issues holding it together this time of year so just IMAGINE what a hell my life is …

Just a wee update to last week’s post about the life-sized advent calendar I’m making for my Christmas crazed husband…

Working outside in winter requires special footgear, usually large Wampa-like boots- and that requires some shopping around. But when your belly is growing by the minute, a little extra thought is needed…

This post is not garden related, but as it’s 20 degrees out…  I think it’s appropriate….

I feel like I’ve had a hangover for the last 3 months. Have you ever gardened with a hangover? Me either.
And my garden has taken notice…

It’s not that I didn’t want to tell you sooner, I simply didn’t have the energy…

On a recent Saturday morning, I slothed out on the sofa, listening to Car Talk, sleepily. Dan said he was going out for coffee.
He didn’t come back for 4 hours.

So- I snagged a couple of mostly dead, really tall arborvitae topiaries out of the trash….

I was promised a privacy fence at the back property line by the landlord when I looked at this house. It didn’t happen and it bothered me all summer. I was just about to just …

I love my little town’s moxie. Highwood, IL had little more than 4,000 residents at last census- but that doesn’t stop us from trying to take the Guinness record from Boston (population estimated at …