It is New Year's Eve day, and what are we doing? We are not vacuuming the kitchen floor in preparation for the arrival of our friends B...

Neither rain, nor thunder, nor holiday traffic can keep diehard quilters from a fabric sale! On Thursday, Janet Shore, Rita Pesetti and I h...

It's that time of year when every magazine you pick up and seemingly every tv show you tune in to is listing top events of the past year...

My mom has turned us on to a new, strange obsession...it's a little handheld electronic game called "20Q." She gave one to my ...

Maybe now I can get back to quilting! Today's plan is to clear away the clutter from the "gift wrap central" station, and t...

Roger, me, and Willow on Christmas night. The presents have all been opened, dinner and dessert have been eaten, Caroline is in bed...and w...

I didn't think this way as a kid, but as an adult I find that the days right after Christmas are the best. The flurry of activity ha...

You can tell Roger is sound asleep by the fact that he hasn't noticed the smoked salmon plate on the table in front of him! Mom and ...

Christmas eve found us at Aunt Diane's house, for the usual Kisner/Hock family gathering. As usual, Santa made a guest appearance to pa...

This isn't our party, because I was having such a good time I forgot to use the camera. But maybe we looked like this, only in color. ...

I'm not panicking. Really. I got up early this morning to make fudge...to find that Roger has eaten the butterscotch chips I need fo...

I thought I was in great shape, Christmas shopping-wise. But I'm at that point where it suddenly occurs to me that I have more to do, a...

I thought when I started this, that the blog would primarily reflect my quilting process. Unfortunately, that isn't at all how this is g...

Caroline adds a decorative accent to this year's gingerbread house (an annual tradition, now that they have the kits with the pre-made ...

What's better than having a really good friend to have fun with? Having FIVE good friends who share common passions and love hanging out...

Caroline's buddy Christopher came home with her after school for a play date. On the way home in the car, they were discussing the creat...

Last night, on our way home from after-school day camp, Caroline asked if we could drive a long way to look at the holiday decorations on pe...

This morning, I accompanied Caroline's 3rd grade class to a local senior citizen's center, where the kids met their senior pen pals ...

I love listening to Christmas music. There’s nothing like it to get me in the mood to do holiday tasks. In fact, it makes me feel so happy t...

I'm confessing an addiction. This site ( Snood ) will lead you to the shareware game, Snood...and it's totally, wierdly addictive. ...