Very rarely in my life have people done something for me expecting absolutely nothing in return.   Generally I get the short end of this lead-weighted stick and do all the work in my relationships.  In third grade I used all my hard earned “Cherry Cash” (frugally saved by yours truly) to buy all of my friends the pencils, watercolor…

I LOVE Pinterest!!! Like, I luh-ove it!  I think I can safely say I am completely addicted – exactly what I knew would happen, which is why I resisted ever even looking at the site for the last six months or so. Anyway… I wanted to make something sweet for Valentine’s Day at work, but I didn’t want to spend…

The holidays are always a crummy time to have to go to work… and I always feel sorry for the guys at the fire station near my house on Christmas – they are busy putting out all of the Christmas tree fires!  So, it has become a bit of a tradition for me to take them Christmas goodies and wish…

Leah – My dependable, reliable friend.  How different life is from when we were 20 and our biggest concern was what concert we would be attending on the weekend!  Life is different, you’re married and celebrating one whole year of marriage, yet our friendship and my love for you remains the same.  I still talk waayy too much (and usually…

So I baked some cookies for the firemen who showed up at my place to turn off the building alarm last week, read story {here} and also made a Pirate Cookie Bucket. The station is completely decorated in Pirate gear – I know this from the first time I dropped off cookies with Brittany and we received a tour and even…