The dog and the cat slept through it but we sure felt the earthquake this morning. During all the shaking, I kept an eye on my bookcase and ...

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: Are you funny because you're from Orange County, or in spite of it? WILL FERRELL (laughing): You know, I definit...

Katherine Dunn of Donkey Dreams has put up a gallery of the aprons she received for Pino's Pie Day . These are the aprons that did not...

(I'm totally having a Sally Field moment: you like me, you really like me. Hah!) Jennifer of Sweet Pea Stitches has given me the Kreati...

Thank you so much to Lil Birdie for this one!! The rules for receiving this award are: 1) Put the logo on your blog. 2) Add a link to the p...

The Apronista is having another giveaway . This time you can win a vintage apron from The Apron Queen . The best part is you get to choose...

Once upon a time I discovered I was given a blog award by checking my sitemeter (it had a link back to the blogger who gave it to me). I was...

Time to go vote in the banner contest at Feeling Stitchy! The finalists are all really cute. (pssst, vote for Emily so she can win fabulou...

The other day, I started part 4 of my Hungarian Sampler , only to discover two mistakes in part 3. They were not that noticeable so I decide...

I fell in love with antique embroidery booklets after seeing a bunch of them posted on some French blogs. I was excited to find one that had...

A huge thank you for all the nice comments about my blog and its new sidebar! I am so glad I did not screw things up.

This test is hilarious. I think the use of slang & profanity and wearing of pajamas while cooking totally brought my score down. And, j...

Ok, not everyone is getting a dog but Martha and Barack are. Yesterday, I got an email from Best Friends Animal Society about a web site ...

Please let me know if my blog looks alright. I can see a left sidebar, entries in the middle and a right sidebar but I removed 25 px of mar...

Update #3: I took this out margin-left:25px and everything lined up but I think it looks squished together now. Update #2: I'm sitting ...

Update: Some of Niki's readers were getting pop up ads for a porn site when they visited her blog and she couldn't figure out how to...

Cakespy is having a cute book giveaway but the deadline to enter is today at noon (Pacific time) so it may be too late by the time you rea...

My most recent Saturday evening went something like this: I spent five hours reading a bunch of blogs and answering a few emails. Then I t...

#1 -- There was nothing good to be had at last weekend's parish (what the sign said) rummage sale, although I would have totally scored ...

Here's a picture of my dog Sophie from a few years ago. I guess I added the hat because it was Independence Day but I have no idea why t...