Better Me, Better World

   Behind the fruit is the sewing machine that Mom recently gave me. I still haven't sewn anything! Only when I started buying organ...

Recently went through allergy testing...yup, lots of pricks containing foreign bodies on my back followed by a few little injections in my a...

This mega-money man fascinates me. Love it that he took the time to sit down and chat with these girl scouts, even if he probably does have ...

Back before I ever worried over packaging waste, I started using a lip brush to get every last smidgen of lipstick from its tube. Why start ...

Love how the bird feeder seems to be looking at the bird!  Gotta love the long exposure that allows us to capture things like birds in fl...

 Traveled to Louisville again yesterday...through some rain that turned into SNOW. Didn't see that coming!    Anyway, no worries, the w...

Stumbled on a good looking enchilada recipe the other day on Cooking In Mexico that called for three cans of Enchilada Sauce. Well, at leas...

Don't know why commercially produced croûtons come wrapped in so much packaging! I'll show them! Croûtons can't be that hard to ...

Found this recipe in Better Homes and Garden's Best-Loved Community Recipes cookbook and it's been in our regular rotation ever sin...

Almost forgot about EARTH HOUR! Let's send a message around the world that we care about this big beautiful orb we are all blessed to l...

Ooh, I hate it when I do something like this! When I was trying to light my candle the other day to refresh the wax on top, I broke a match ...

Some law that says pharmacies cannot re-use prescription bottles continues to frustrate me. Until things change, I will recycle the recyclab...

A friend who is an avid fisherman sometimes gifts us with a little mess of fish (already cleaned even!). This way of getting fish is even ea...

"Shopped" my freezer and found some frozen blueberries that needed to be used. A quick look through my computer files turned up a...

First learned of BBQ tofu over at Cooking.In.College & planned to make it but before I could, I saw another BBQ tofu post on Short Gir...

Our first kale of the season...picked by Hubby, eagerly de-stemmed and washed by me, then sautéed by Hubby. And if I hadn't taken a pic ...

If ever you wanted to HOWL at the moon, tonight's the night for it. Yep, that big ole hunk o' cheese is closer to the earth than it...

Captured this at French Camp in Mississippi. A little ironic to see an angel chained down!     Thanks to Soulemama for this Friday photo s...

Made a day trip to Louisville, Kentucky, t'day so the mumsy could buy a couple of sewing machines from her 97-year-old aunt who now res...

International news last night featured a story on how Japan is dealing with water shortages in the aftermath of the quake and tsunami...then...