I am well aware of my strengths and weaknesses. I have many of both. Well, some of both. I have at least one strength. But one of my definite weaknesses is anything art related. I cannot draw or paint anything ever. Hell, Paul wouldn’t even let me paint the walls in our house, but he did permit me to paint part of the doors of an old china cabinet we have, and...

Today we celebrated my little baby boy’s first birthday with a party at my mom’s, and it was a blast. The kids are properly over stimulated, up too late, full of nothing but junk and sugar, and at just before 9 p.m., I feel like I could sleep for a week. In other words, it was a success. Despite my moaning and groaning about it, my cake pops were a total...

Holy crystal meth, guys, I have been going crazy lately. Well, crazier. OK, that’s not possible. Busy, I’ve been busy. God, lay off. I promised the other day that I would write my weekly wrap-up late, but considering it will be Wednesday in like an hour, let’s just scrap it. Here’s the nutshell: no weight loss, still spending too much, read...

It’s crunch time, people. Three days til the shower. Can I do it? Yes. Yes, I can. I don’t want to jinx it, but I think maybe, just maybe, I’ve successfully designed and crafted ALL the decorations for the party. And I haven’t even screamed once in the three weeks (yes, three weeks) it’s taken me to do it. That, my friends, is a SEAL...

So tonight was Operation Pretend Like You Know How to Do Stuff here at the Wampler abode, and I feel pretty good. Not even because of the Blue Moons, either. Because I *think* my plan to create all the decorations for a baby shower FROM SCRATCH is coming together. Sort of. I’ve done tons of cutting and sticking and applying things to other things, and no one is...

I often lament my inability to do anything crafty successfully. I try something I see either in a magazine or on Pinterest (damn that web site! Damn it all to hell!!) and I end up drinking 8 glasses of wine just to quell my rage, which means my projects turn out like this. I mean, not like they weren’t going to look like crap anyway, but binge drinking rarely...