Oh Halloween, my favorite holiday. It’s less than a month until the Halloween Blog Party!  Stores are stocking their costumes and decorations. The area farms have fields full of pumpkins, which is a good thing because I think I am only going to get a few from what I planted. (Note to self…plant more pumpkins next year!!!)   I am no farmer but I love growing pumpkins! I have been in the mood to decorate for Halloween but so far...

Brandon and I took a road trip last weekend…. We went to a convention for the Nutcracker Collector’s Club….if you want to see more about that pop over to Brandon’s blog! Time is just flying by.  Only a few more weeks of school left!!!  I know Dane is excited about that!  I’m going to get busier. I have lots to get done for the Mad Tea Party.  I have been working on a few ideas and getting together some...

Happy New Year!   Snow! Snow! Snow!.  It just won’t quit!  It’s been snowing   non-stop for the past four days.  I know that this is just part of the joy of living in the snow belt  of Northeast Ohio but really, it can stop now and give us a break! It has snowed so much that the snow is collapsing on itself and making everything look like we are living in Dr. Suess’ Whooville.  Everything looks like big rolly polly ...

It’s almost here!  Tomorrow is the big day!  I’ve been busy baking and getting everything ready.  The gifts are all wrapped, the cookies are baked we are ready!  I am hoping that everyone here will be healthy for Christmas.  Brandon has been down and out with a wicked cold and I am hoping he’ll be feeling better tomorrow.  Our son is excited about Christmas and we are trying to keep him busy so he doesn’t drive us...

Only a few more days until Christmas!  I love this time of year.  I love Christmas music, the decorations,  It’s just a darn good time. I started our Third Annual Gingerbread House last Sunday, a week later than anticipated.  I wanted to do a haunted gingerbread house for Halloween but didn’t get to it.  When I was looking for inspiration for that I found plans to make a gingerbread  Phantom Manor.  We love Disney’s...

After much hard deliberation by our son, the name has been chosen.  Our kittens name is (drumroll……….)  Shadow.  It has turned out to be the perfect name as he follows our gray cat, Leo, everywhere.  Leo has been quite tolerant of the whole ordeal but they have their moments too. All in all, the cats are getting along much better than I had expected.  Monday night they all were quite calm so I got a few pictures of...