1. I have managed to put dinner on the table every night for two weeks. No ordering in and no using the baby as an excuse not to cook. 2. I have been reading lots of picture books to the young ones, a part of the day that usually gets overlooked. 3. I have kept […]

For those of us not engaged in a slobbering love affair with our new President the constant fawning of the media, bloggers, newspapers (by the way, does anyone actually read newspapers anymore?) and the daytime talk show hosts find the Messiah-ization of him annoying beyond words.  I had made up my mind that I was […]

This is the blue-eyed blonde I am currently ga-ga over. Pretty cute huh? He hasn't lost any of the hair. It's still platinum blonde and abundant!

Come live with me and be my Love,   And we will all the pleasures prove   That hills and valleys, dale and field,   And all the craggy mountains yield.      There will we sit upon the rocks          And see the shepherds feed their flocks,   By shallow rivers, to whose falls […]

Go meet the newest addition to the Cottage. He's a bonny fellow who was joyously welcomed on February 6th. God bless!