The Redesigned Mom

I have been playing with jquery a lot lately for several projects I am working on and I came across this really cool jquery slide puzzle.

My Son Ian at Banks Lake 2009

Ok,  call me a total cheese dog and I really can’t believe I am admitting to the world that I listen to Taylor Swift — We all have our weaknesses :) —  but give me a break here, I’m pulling the sentimental mom card.
As a mom and someone who loves there mom dearly, this song [...]

Every year before our Memorial Day Weekend camping trip to Banks Lake in eastern Washington we make a “mix tape”. Wow, I’m old. What do you call it these days anyway? A compilation CD? Too formal. A Mix CD? Sounds dumb. Oh well, anyway…

Well, I guess we will all agree that this season of the Bachelor and our dear Jason have been turned on its head.  It’s a shame really, I was rooting for him and honestly I still am.   Did he look like a total prick last night? absolutely.  But if he and Molly make it [...]

Today has been a strange day, in a really marvelous way.  Dare I say I was chipper?
If you know me, then you know this is not a normal state for me, even on a good day.  
I even found myself busting a move and doing the humpty hump in the car on the way to [...]

I just built a new page with some really cool logic puzzle widgets. You can play these puzzles (several sudoku and picture puzzle variants) right from this site and they are updated daily or weekly, depending on the puzzle. Full instructions and rules are included with each puzzle.
Why would I do this you [...]

I have a confession to make.  I collect exercise paraphernalia.  I am one of those people.  I see some new piece of exercise equipment or workout video and I fall right into it’s trap and before you know it, it is in my living room.   Yes, I even had a Tony Little Gazelle at [...]

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Amazon.com Widgets
Whenever I get moody and melencholy I look to my favorite songwriters for comfort and inspiration. This week, I turned initially to Ben Folds.  
My father in law actually introduced Karli and I [...]

I am a referencer. When I am reading, I am always looking back to passages or pages or images or whatever that I remember and might be relevant to what I am currently reading or trying to remember what somebody said a few chapters back.
Right now I am reading The Last Lecture. This [...]