For my 38th birthday, my sweet Chucklebutt bought me one of Terri Brush’s soldering workshops.  I have coveted her stuff for quite some time, so I was super stoked to take a class at Melrose Vintage.  Diane and Wendy were super sweet hostesses and Terri was an incredibly patient teacher.  Check out what I made. [...]

I’m not too sure when it happened, but sometime during the past 10 years, Halloween became my favorite holiday.  I don’t know if it’s the color scheme — I love black and orange — or all the skulls and witches or maybe it’s just all the sweets and treats, but I love Halloween! Oh yeah, [...]

In October of 2003, my mother and I went camping at Lake Jocassee in South Carolina.  I had just moved back home in order to save money for graduate school, and we were super excited about exploring the coves with my sweet, little Jon boat.  While the trip was a huge success, we never did [...]

Where have Chucklebutt and Jiggle Puff been?!  It’s been one wild and wacky summer full of MRSA, Valley Fever, kidney problems and atrial fibrillation.  I can’t believe that September is upon us.  I had such high hopes for the summer of 2011 — where does the time go?  Actually, we are experiencing a pretty intense [...]

One of my residents recently turned me on to hibiscus tea.  It’s not really a tea, per se, since it’s made from dried hibiscus flowers, but it is perfect for lazy Sundays. It’s so good that even Chucklebutt enjoys drinking it.  He stays far away from regular tea and is convinced that by the time [...]