House guests #4: whether you like it or not

House guests #4: whether you like it or not

  The winter season has passed and taken its weather with it. Weather happens whether we like it or not, so we grin and bare it. We are blessed in southern California because with weather we most often get to bare it, not  bear it. Ha-ha-yeah! As you know we have...
House Guests # 2

House Guests # 2

We had an awesome 1 1/2 weeks with a BFF who came to stay with us recently from Michigan. She observes my #1 House Guest Rule: do not hurt your host, my husband. She wouldn’t, for she was married to his BFF from high school. She shares Midwestern values of...
House Guest #1

House Guest #1

Tis the time of year when the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Jet Stream partner up and give the USA some brutal weather. While we Californians covered our citrus, shivered despite wool sweaters, and bought new boots, residents of 45 states to the east took it a little...