thus endeth the bowling season

Mine wrapped up at a 9-pin tournament, which meant my final score was unusually phenomenal.  Not having to hit the tenth pin makes all the d...

in which green girl brags a little

So far 2013 is a great year.  Saturday night the Packers POUNDED the Vikings into submission.  Season 3 of Downton Abbey has begun.  I work...

harvest

Every September for as long as I can remember we make at least one trip to the apple orchard up the road to pick our own.  We pull the old L...

good day!

I've mentioned my neighbor gal, J, who's about the most fun neighbor in the whole wide world.  (Which is saying something because we...

hoo boy, do I owe you pictures

of that vigorously blooming prairie, baseball players, wetland restoration projects and other fun stuff.  But I'm busy with Olympic view...

mvp

We coerced Mr. T to go out for boys softball this spring (although I think he played us for fools, bargaining for gaming privileges in excha...

delivered from evil

I confess, I've been tempted, SORELY tempted to do some wicked things.  Yesterday I was driving home with Mr. G in the Momvan when this ...

stinky

Jax found something dead in a ditch and it became his new favorite toy ever. Our dog smells like a rotting corpse. And he keeps dragging v...

fresh & tidy

As you can see above, I've finally invested in a proper header--you dig? That, friends, is the work of The Blue Ridge Gal , divine godd...

launched! part II

Saturday was the Appleton book launch for Whipped, Not Beaten --the one I helped coordinate and to which I invited all of my friends & f...

cover story

Finally got to see the cover of Whipped, Not Beaten. I have to confess I could hardly wait--and when it arrived in my inbox Saturday after...

progress report

It's good to take stock every now and then--just when I think I've become a total slug, accomplishing nothing but keeping up with th...

of daffodils and dirt piles

My name is Green Girl and I have a daffodil addiction. I add a new variety each year, about 450 daffodils bloom here in the springtime. My...

Blessed & Lucky

* My dear friend and former college roommate called yesterday just to say hello. * My parents sound delighted that I'm bringing the b...