Lookin' for some hot stuff

I'll open today with a head-scratcher: Yesterday while campaigning, Sarah Palin commented that she's "looking forward to debat...

Tell them Mrs. Weasley knit it

While the thermometer dropped 30 degrees and the clouds rolled in, I hunkered down with Foyle's War , Doc Martin and my knitting needle...

What a stitch!

It started when I was 20. I was single and tending bar in the little river town, flirting with fishermen, mixing Bloody Marys (everything f...

Little Farmer

Yesterday was Mr. B's all day kindergarten field trip. I'd never been on this trip before-- I loved this little garden--there were ...

Baseballs, bathrooms, boys

The bathroom do-over turned out to be a Grand Slam! Mr. D is so enthused about the results that now he wants to do our bathroom so it...

Funny Story

Happyland PTA is going to next month's school board meeting to advocate for new & improved playground equipment. We're on the a...

Because on Monday? We need a little break.

Holly over at Oh But No tagged me last week--and 6 random Fun Facts about me will be more fascinating than any weekend report or more polit...

The Gambler

When Green Girl was a wee lass of about ten, she and her family lived in Wyoming--the Last Frontier. She spent 4 formative years of her lif...

Common Sense

Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense These are the times that try men's souls. Where is Thomas Paine when you need him? I think we need...

Passing on the love

So many good things have happened: * I was high bidder on a lot of 5 vintage baseball pennant on ebay--so the boys' bathroom is nearly ...

An "Interested Citizen"

On a happy note, this terrible economy has my spam-mailbox filled with offers to help me get out of debt instead of offers to enlarge my lov...

Confessions of an Addict

The Texas Poppet over at Canned Laughter tagged me with an Addictions meme. List 5 current addictions and then tag 2 people. Ms. Poppet...

Just ducky until now

We built our house 6 years ago. Mr. T was 3 years old and I was "Great with Child." Mr. D and I never knew what kind of baby we ...

The bloomin' view

According to the calendar, it's the end of summer. Fall doesn't officially start until the 22nd--and Green Girl has nothing to do ...

A pirate stole my heart

Last night I trolled through my kids' Open House at school. Predictably we visited classrooms and learned about calendar time in Kinder...

Green Girl is a Community Organizer

I've mentioned how as "Happyland Elementary PTA President" I've tried to nudge our school's organization in a new dire...

Alone in the Wilderness

That's not a figurative title this morning. We'll get back to my regularly scheduled programming of Feminism, Gardening and Politi...

The other F word

Lately I've noticed the collective rearing of feminist heads--women who fought so long that they forgot what they were fighting for, wom...

The Cosmos is in trouble!

Tomatoes stewed, peeled & preserved--check Bin of kids' shoes sorted & cleaned--check Small pile of paperwork filed/tossed--chec...

Wonder of Your World Party: Kick off!

I hope you'll visit my friend Rebecca at Wonders Never cease today. She's have a great big bloggy party and everyone's invited...