If you have a few minutes this weekend, please stop by my newest project – Grandmother’s Dollhouse.
I’ve wanted to put together a site for toys and dolls for quite some time, then I started working on it – then…
ah yes, here it comes – the It has to be Perfect Before I Can Show It [...]

This winter has been a tough one – it seems everyone is suffering from a bad case of cabin fever and when-will-it-be-spring-itis. I’m afraid our poor little Maya believes that when we moved last summer, we took her from the land of grass and sunshine and playgrounds to live on a Russian tundra.
Those of us [...]

Why has Salmonella been in the news recently?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been receiving reports, from many states, of illnesses caused by a type of Salmonella called Salmonella Typhimurium. Several deaths may also be associated with this outbreak. Tests indicate that the people who became sick may have eaten the same [...]

In order to make it easier for consumers to determine whether any of the peanut butter-containing products they have at home are subject to recall, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created and posted on its Web site, an expanded, searchable database that will be updated as new information becomes available. Information about recalled [...]

Outside my window… there is still snow and bitter cold. More snow may come in the middle of the week. But the sun is brighter, each day it shines for a few minutes longer – I saw Maya looking at the bare trees out of the car window this morning – we talked about Spring [...]