I just discovered this site, and I wanted to share it. I love the owners’ story, I love the family-centered business, and I love the whole philosophy of the site. Plus, take a look at some of their cute stuff. Eat your heart out, Donna Reed. I bet you didn’t have a round chopping block [...]

My sassy neighborhood has been seeing some impressive thunderstorms in the last few weeks.  When it’s summer, and the kids are home, and you’re all crammed under one soggy roof, it’s a perfect time to raid the game cupboard.  Especially if the storm has taken out your favorite babysitter, the tv/computer/game system.  Here are my tried [...]

The first thing you need to know about no-bake cookies is that, though it’s true they don’t have to be baked, they still have to be cooked.  So you’re gonna need a pan and a stove.  The second thing you need to know about no-bake cookies is that you need to make some.  Right now.  [...]

The 4th of July means food, fun, fireworks, friends, family, and fattening festivities.  If you want to make a patriotic splash at the party this year, try these star-spangled ideas:   When it comes to kids (including this particularly adorable one, who happens to be mine), a little red, white and blue can go a [...]

The Bosch Universal Kitchen Machine ticks me off.  It sits there in my kitchen, taunting me, making me feel guilty.  I mean, if it didn’t work very well, that would be one thing.  I’d just taunt it right back.  But the thing is, it’s really, really good.  It makes everything easy.  It’s powerful and efficient, kneading [...]

Mother’s Day and I have a love/hate relationship.  I love being a mother.  I love having a mother.  I love being pampered on Mother’s Day, and the Sassy Husband does it well.  But I hate, in the most loving way possible, trying to find something for my own mother.  She and my dad have downsized to a [...]

No raindrops on roses (we’ve been getting snow) or whiskers on kittens (ours ran away), bright copper kettles (I have stainless) or warm woolen mittens (Thinsulate gloves around these parts).  No brown paper packages tied up with string (but I do have an ongoing affair with Amazon, and its brown cardboard boxes with the smile [...]