You were a beauty my old friend, oxblood leather, nailhead trim, we were best buddies for years and years.  We were growing older togeth...

  Ree just posted her favorite kitchen utensils and links to them, but thanks to dear hubby, I already have a couple of her favorites. I m...

  Apparently I’m still on Oprah’s email list, and I got an email this morning that intrigued me.  I’m not a fan, not for years now, but so...

  Are you struggling with someone on your Christmas list, somebody that you are clueless what to buy for a gift.  Well, you have to be of ...

Ben wasn’t a fan of the old guy, but he’s oh so cute snuggling with Abby.  They’re  growing up so fast!

Dictated and signed by Abby.  Someday she will look back at this post and smile.  Grammie loves you, sweet Abby...

When I was a little girl we would go to Tresslar’s Five and Dime on Saturday morning, and I would look into the Brach Bins, trying to decid...

  It’s now day two of being snowed in and your truly isn’t handling it well.  I can stay home for days and days , be perfectly content, b...

  This commercial is circa 1987, and one of my favorites.  This is what Heavensville looks like this morning , we had a big snow yesterday...

I’ve been telling people about this today, and even put it in my Twitter stream, but I need to elaborate.   The huge silver ornaments are a...

  It’s still snowing, we’ve got 6”+ and radar shows it still coming for hours.  Not feeling the love, though.  I have a tri-state boom tha...

  First we had freezing rain, then sleet, now we’re having snow.  It’s intermittent, coming in waves, and not supposed to stop until tonig...

  I just adore this woman, I’ve always followed her and think that she is just amazing.  She’s the real deal, a caring wife and mother, ju...

  Memories of a great Thanksgiving in the Smoky Mountains.  We were snowed in from Tuesday until Friday, then literally had to drive on ic...

Maggie and I were scouting out mountain streams today for that fly fishing. You all know how I am when I get an idea, I'm Iike a ...

    I just had a birthday, and I'm thinking about what I want to do before my demise, after all, the years are passing, I really ...

My name is Jan and I'm a breadaholic.     One taste and it leads to shockingly uninhibitated behavior in the form of devouring ...

  Today is my sixty-fourth birthday.  It’s a raw, blistery day in Heavensville, we’re busy getting ready for Thanksgiving, but I’m going t...

  If you’re not familiar with this site, you’re missing out.  It’s just chocked full of memories, the nostalgia is good for the soul.  We...

  It's that time of year, you're out buying gifts and accumulating a mountain of receipts, they're in your purse, in your ...