Not On One Strand Are All Life’s Jewels Strung

August 30th, 2007 at 10:49 pm » Comments (7)

So, I know that I just returned from a fabulous weekend vacation at the beach, but y’all, I’m in need of another one.  Vacation, that is.  And I’m leaving tomorrow.  Sayonara.  Auf Wiedersehen. Arrivederci.  Au Revoir.  And Ciao!
And because we were in the Golden Isles of Georgia last weekend, we thought that we would head [...]



Crikey! It’s Bindi the Jungle Girl!

August 29th, 2007 at 12:36 am » Comments (17)

It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost one year since the tragic death of the larger-than-life Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin.  It was my teenage son that called me while I was on my way home from a Labor Day weekend vacation to tell me that he had died.  It was very shocking to us [...]



Gold Has No Caste…

August 27th, 2007 at 11:49 pm » Comments (7)

So, I’m back from my long weekend sojourn to the opulence and beauty of what the rich folk call The Golden Isles of Georgia.  And golden they are, y’all.  However, rich I am not.  I’m not even sure that I can afford the beach cruiser that I pedaled on around the island lined with castles, villas, and chateaus.  And [...]



Thursday Thirteen: Pass the Salt and Pepper, Please.

August 22nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm » Comments (28)

I’ll bet that you didn’t know that Lulu is a pack-rat great collector of junk wonderful, whimsical trinkets.  Oh, yes.  I have small collections of whimsy scattered throughout the house.  And some people (like the morons nice people on HGTV) call trinkets “chachkis,” but I prefer to call them trinkets.  Or whatnots.  But never chachkis. 
Anyhow, for several [...]