Category: Year of Pleasures (page 9)

A bigger bed means new, bigger, sheets. And I happened to walk into Big Lots when they had all of theirs on super sale. So for less than it would cost to get a cheap set, I got some super…

I had a fantastic Mother’s Day this year. Atti and I ended up staying home from church, staying in bed for snuggles and storytime, and then when Bear came home he waited on me hand and foot, cooking anything I…

Bear and I actually went out on a movie date and that means that I get the best treat in the world – hot tamales and popcorn. I pop one of the candies in my mouth and then shove in…

We got talked into taking an entire banana cream pie home from the BBQ, and I ate it from the pan with a fork like a jerk. Man, it was good.

I am such a child about drinking water. A total baby. It tastes like dirt to me, but I know, oh how I know, all the benefits of drinking it, and all the evils it will save me from in…

I was in Big Lots the other day, can’t remember what for now, and while waiting in line I was browsing the cheap jewelry. It’s so unlike myself to make an impulse purchase, but I totally fell in love with…

I am trying so hard to avoid the mom rut in my dressing, but once you pass 30 and aren’t interested in looking like you’re 20, I’m starting to think it might be unavoidable unless I dress in cocktail dresses…

Look what came out in the wash with a load of thrifted clothes! It seems I just got paid to shop. And Miss Jem Kitty earned her food for another day by being a not so patient model.

Here’s the last picture I’ll take with my trusty Olympus. My first digital camera that I’ve been carting along with me for the last five years. The lens I used for everyday snapshots stopped focusing, and after searching the entirety…

Sally had these at her place over Christmas and I used them to eat an entire cheese ball. I was both thrilled and angry to discover them at Wal-Mart because I’ve been using them as the perfect cheese delivery system…