Earlier today I wrote an email to a friend and decided to share a new revelation in my life: I don’t like cooked celery. I…
I spent an hour or so transferring my old floppy disks onto my external hard drive today and was very pleased with myself for managing…
Today is a snow day on the Palouse and I am well and truly snowed in. School has been cancelled; the roads are unsafe, and…
Mondays are generally very important to me. As the first day of the new work week, Monday has the ability to set the tone for…
I promised myself that I would go through junk every week so that by the time I’m ready to start packing, I’ve rid myself of…
Right! Remember how I posted a couple of weeks ago about a project I was working on for His Majesty? Well, I can talk about…
It’s been a bit of a crazy month as I cope with a gazillion emotions swarming around my heart and soul. Then tonight, I sat…
Shortly after moving into our new home, I started working on a queen-sized afghan using the bits and scraps of other projects. Paul and I…
When I began stitching my foster daughter’s Christmas afghan back in October, I really thought I would be able to finish it. But with the…
Oh, Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday. What will I do with you? Wednesday, I want to love you because you symbolise the middle of the workweek which…
The last thing I expected from Paul when we took a mini-break to Venice back in spring 2004 was an engagement ring. I mean, I…
Over the past several weeks I’ve made a lot of decisions that will have a lasting impact on my life. I’ve set the wheels in…
Today is my 37th birthday. And the birthday girl gets to make wishes. And I don’t believe in the whole “if you tell anyone your…
I think that one of the saddest things about not having children is the knowledge that there’s no one to pass on your traditions to.…
I finally got around to sorting through some of Paul’s stuff. In this case, it was a pile of stock leftover from his eBay business.…
I don’t think I’ve slept through the night since Paul died. I’ve become a very light sleeper and am woken easily by common household sounds…
It’s Friday night and the start of my three-day birthday weekend. But I’m anything but happy about it. I have to admit that it’s been…
I am working on a secret project, which means that by Royal Decree, I am unable to tell you what it is. Or even that…
My friend posted a list of 100 random things her daughter wrote about herself out of boredom and I thought I’d give it a shot…
It’s been a year since I started Just Frances. Whilst it’s certainly not my first blog, it is unique in that I’ve actually put my…