Lynn from For Love or Funny's Blog (2)

It's difficult to say no when you're at a friend's house and... 1) Your kid is holding a big bowl with two scoops of vanilla chocolate chip and then, right before her heaping spoonful reaches her mouth, she asks you if she can have some ice cream. 2) It's 100 degrees outside and the only thing cold is that bowl of rapidly melting ice cream. 3) It's an hour before dinner, but everybody else is eating ice cream. 4) You know that if you say yes, then you can eat some ice cream. 5) Your husband… Continue

Last summer, I learned something horribly frightening about our cute, cuddly little Sheltie: she is a vampire. My first clue was the flattened tomato shells dotting my backyard. Yes, tomatoes. Despite a fence around the garden, my "faithful" companion developed a taste for fresh cherry tomatoes. She had the uncanny ability to pluck them off the vine at the peak of flavor before sucking the juices out of them. Oh, did I happen to mention that I LOVE tomatoes? My kids cheerfully reported each t… Continue