DONE DEAL: It occurs to me that while I published some work-in-progress photos of our mermaid-inspired cake for Birthday Dreams, I never p...

CLASSY: Today was the very first day one could sign up for classes at CJ's college of choice, South Seattle. So, of course, we were on...

CAREFUL CUTTING: As you can tell from this portrait of Kirby, our lawn was overdue for a mowing, so the kids and I got on it first thing T...

ON THE INSIDE: A couple of days ago, we opened the hive to take a peek.  Boy, have our bees been busy!  Below is what the top of the ra...

UNICORNY :  If you're a regular reader, you know we love Birthday Dreams. They're a local (to us) nonprofit that provides birthday...

FOR NOW : Busy, BUSY weekend and Monday. We're still alive and kicking, but this placeholder is going to have to do for now. It's ...

SHORT SUMMARY:  This post is going to be a short one. The kids are on a hard deadline for a big cake project for Birthday Dreams' 10th...