Home Sweet Haselton

This morning, I got to spend a few hours perfecting my pastry chef skills with my very talented friend Andrea at Sur la Table. Our task: mac...

Six months ago we were traipsing our way around Peru, making our way to Machu Picchu. It provided a lot of thinking time. Time for me to plo...

O is for outstanding, the kind of grade given in early elementary school, and how I sum up 2012. It was the kind of year defined by amazin...

My friend Courtney is carving out a name for herself in the DJ world and I am so happy that she's chasing her dream. It can be hard to...

Farm houses, fall foliage, apple picking, donut eating, and long car rides with friends make for a lovely Sunday.

Like meeting Ina "@&$?!$ Garten!!!!!!!!!! And now, a pictorial for the history books. 1) My first (faux) glimpse of Ina today....

No better way to spend Veterans Day than with Harrison who celebrated his honorable discharge with the Marines after eight years of service....

We relived the glory days last night at our high school's 50th anniversary homecoming game at good old Glover Stadium. In honor of the...

It came, it was better than I hoped, and now I hang my hat on that commitment made ten years ago. We had such a good time with everyone last...

Sometimes there are characters on television that I connect with on such a level I have to remind myself that these are not real people--the...

10 years ago today, I graduated high school. Over time I've come to realize how much people either loved or loathed high school. I fit...

This past week had touches of a feline theme, and unfortunately the two incidences were tragic and sad. However, things took a turn for a be...

Sometimes there is so much yet so little to say in this little corner of the Internet I call mine. So I'll rely on visual aids. It was ...

Life is passing before my eyes, even though I soaked up most of the hours of the day recently, staying until past 1 a.m. two nights in a row...

Doozy weekend started off with a morning bootcamp: The enforcers. Followed by major house cleaning inside and outside, Sunday BBQ prep, and ...

Sewing project number two was a surprise gift for new mom Virginia. I found this set of directions and it was a great lesson in working wit...

I've done it-my first 99.9% sewing project completed by myself*. I found the pattern here , and it was pretty simple for me to work with...

The birthday came, lingered, and went. A good one it was. We had cupcakes and cake balls complete with song at work. That night, Scott took ...