Snootyvixen

I received an email this morning from alderman and friend, Karen Schmidt, which I hope she doesn’t mind me sharing. This is my part in trying to help a local business, and – more importantly – a local family, cope with life after the passing of a loved one. If you are in McLean County [...]

It happened today. I came to the realization that everything is going to be alright. Ciel is convinced that we are going to become “hobos” and she won’t accept any explanation to the contrary. Paris just doesn’t even talk about it, but I have noticed that they are less and less perturbed when they hear [...]

The decision is made. Shorty has been responsible (as far as she can be responsible) for a week. The hamster is a given. We need to call Grandma to let her know. I just won’t let Ciel know until Sunday. Sunday is the deadline. Something drastic could still happen which would cause me to change [...]

Shorty Doo Wop’s birthday is coming up in a matter of days, and she’s convinced she’s getting a hamster. We had one before. King Fuzzy Wuzzy Dude was a monster. He was mean, vicious and just plain ‘orrible. He lived in a pink cage. Maybe it was offensive to his masculinity and that’s why he [...]

I hope they don’t mind me posting this, but … see … in our house, Remy and Mason have become something like Superheroes. Paris and Ciel don’t usually get to hear their shows on WBNQ as they air in the afternoon, and they really only get to listen to Susan and Producer Dave in the [...]

Click to Play Who knew jello could be so …… historical!

so nice, I could eat a plate twice. And that’s what we do. Over and over. This week, we’ve been living on what’s in the pantry, in our stockpile and in the freezer, and it’s made for some very interesting menus! Rice is a staple in this house, so red beans and rice is a [...]

I’ve sung her praises before, and am now singing them again, because Jenny over at Picky Palate is giving away the Shortcut Cookies Cookbook by Camilla Saulsbury! If you read about the competition, you’ll see it’s really easy to enter, and to get extra entries. You will also read that Camilla is making many of [...]

No, I’m not your every day reviewer – I don’t ever remember reviewing anything at all, so why start now? Bloggers are now obliged to disclose whether or not they receive any remuneration from vendors to mention, promote, or review their products. I find that many of the reviews I had trusted have been nothing [...]

Running out of time, running out of patience, in this war of the conscious mind.