vintage (vin’tij): characterized by excellence, maturity and enduring appeal; classic
Five pounds, to be exact. My fantasy goal: 10 pounds, my dream goal: 7 pounds, my realistic, reasonable goal: 5 pounds.
Journaling and being part of a community have always been essential to my success with weight loss, and so I had a thought about twitter.
I’m going to use my twitter account as my food journaling [...]
That is the huge, messy pile of papers I have on the floor of my office. They are waiting for me to deal with them: recycle, toss, file – whatever. We had a bit of drama around here last week as we were heading to Canada and needed to find certain documents, and my office [...]
What is ETSY Expo? Read more on my ETSY page.
This week I present crazy and wonderful soaps from Annie’s Powder Room. There is a lot of handmade soap for sale on Etsy, but these have to be the most fun!
Tonight Vintage Girl explained that she’s part of two groups at school. Sometimes she plays with the “girly girls” and sometimes she plays with the “regular people”. I almost spit out my water when she said “regular people”!
Apparently what defines a “girly girl” is not what she wears or what she likes to play at [...]
I’ve been wanting to make wine journals as gifts for years, and with the opening of my new etsy shop, I finally did it. This first one will be a gift for Vintage Girl’s teacher (who loves her wine!) but I hope to make some more and get them into the shop soon.
I’m rather proud [...]
Since setting up my little shop at Etsy, I’ve spent a fair amount of time looking around, and I’m amazed at how much truly beautiful work is available. From photographs and jewelry to handmade clothing and original prints – there are some extraordinarily talented people selling their things.
I thought it would be fun to share [...]
I was wading through the pile of art supplies, school papers, junk treasures, and food remains on Vintage Girl’s desk yesterday, and look what I found!
Apparently the wound is deeper than I thought – but at least we’re wearing matching dresses adorned with friendly tulips! (you can read the first chapter of A Tale of [...]
First I have to say that I try not to say the words stupid (or hate) very often. They’re words that come out so easily, yet when I hear my daughter (or other children) use them, I cringe. So I wrote this post title with hesitation. However . . .
Last night I was having dinner [...]
I discovered Dawn Friedman’s blog a few months ago in my search for other families living in an open adoption. Recently Dawn has taken a giant leap forward and started a website devoted to open adoption, called Open Adoption Support. It’s brand-new, but groups are forming to support all kinds of families and all kinds [...]
