Wow, who knew sugar was so flammable?

Let’s just say, I’m easily distracted.
I was cleaning up the breakfast dishes around 11 am after being distracted by this fascinating book earlier, when I noticed the syrup was a little low. So I decided to make some more.
As I was measuring the water (after already measuring the sugar), I got distracted and added too [...]

Waste of Creativity

You know what’s a complete waste of my creativity?
I have some really clever, and I mean CLEVER, passwords to some of my accounts. Totally cute, play-on-words with numbers that play on the letters.
They’re ingenious, I tell you.
And I can never prove it.
I can’t even brag about it, although I’m obviously trying.
My husband can’t even remember [...]

I’m a really good spellar too.

There’s a good article over at Amy’s Humble Musings about “How to be humble…like me.”
So, that got me thinking of great spoof blog titles, like:
-How to be perfect…just like me.
-This is my really funny blog.
-I’m a good writer. I have this blog, don’t I? ( or You can read this blog, can’t you?)

-The Perfect [...]

Ignorance is Bliss (though mostly just embarrassing)

I was born and raised Reformed Presbyterian.
My grandparents were all Reformed Presbyterian.
My parents are Reformed Presbyterian. As are many of my Aunts, Uncles and cousins.
So, naturally, I wasn’t especially cognizant of the different church practices of other types of Christianity. I knew what made us different from them. I knew the arguments and was aware [...]

This might be funny, unless you happen to be Mr.F’s first wife

The story of us goes back to 1994.
I can’t tell you the whole story, so I’ll just tell you one story.
Back in 1994, we met and got to know each other at a conference in Ireland and Scotland. I was there with my family and Mr. French came with several male friends from his church [...]

The following thoughts occurred to me this morning as I lay in bed pretending to still be sleeping.

I should really figure out how to get pictures on the blog. It’s getting a bit ridiculous.
I just don’t want to figure it out. I want it to be easy.
There are two kinds of people in the world.
People who would rather make their own cheesecake and pay someone else to figure out how to put [...]

Trust your gut.

Sometimes I don’t know what to do.
And sometimes I don’t do the right thing.
But here’s what I learned today.
First: When your middle child says, “I feel sick.”
Believe him. Treat him like he is sick until otherwise informed.
However, when the same child says, “Mom, I feel good. I’m all better. I’m hungry.” immediately after dry-heaving into [...]

Forget Global Warming. I’ve figured it all out.

It’s us.
It’s October. It was 88 degrees yesterday. It’s hot.
Someone told Mr. F that it’s supposed to be a “mild winter” this year.
Oh, really?
Like the “mild winter” we had in France? Near the Alps! We ruined their ski season!
Oh, wait? Was that the same year they had ice storms in Texas! And a foot of [...]