Around 4:30 this morning Schrodie really started to get on my nerves. She was zipping around the house like crazy; pounding on the wood floors…
So there I was in line at the British Airways counter at SeaTac. With me were three of my five sisters and their kids and…
Way-hey! Tomorrow is the first day of school. I’m totally excited! I’ve got my backpack packed, my pencils sharpened, my way-awesome binder loaded with college-ruled…
When I started Just Frances I did so thinking that I’d just throw things out there randomly and that no one would read it. It…
I removed a large grasshopper from the house today using Paul’s special bug-removal jar. The old peanut butter jar took on the duty of bug…
I wish I had by Just Frances I wish I had the courage to say what I want to say; I wish I had the…
Yay! Pickle-making weekend has finally arrived. And just in time, as I was out of pickles. My folks arrived Friday night with freshly-picked cucumbers from…
Woke up to the sound of pouring rain; the wind would whisper and I’d think of you. And all the tears you cried, that called…
It’s pickle season. That means that when I come home from work tomorrow the house will be full of people and pickle making supplies. Mmmm……
I had to smile today when I left the office and noticed several dozen extremely fit, extremely beautiful, young (legally so), skimpily-clad coeds milling around…
I’m in full-on “fake it ’til you make it” mode these days. Or, at least, I’m trying to be. So today’s bit of inspiration from my…
I really like candy. Especially candy that comes on a stick. Candy on a stick is great fun because of the bonus of using your…
I’ve been Just Frances + One for a couple of days. It’s scary. It’s weird. It’s scary. It’s fun. And did I mention it’s scary?…
I made a Crazy Cake today. It just seemed fitting since I’m entering into a whole new realm of personal insanity these days. Wanna make…
Today is International Left-Handers’ Day. Yay! A whole day set aside to celebrate the awesomeness of being a lefty! So, for my part of the celebration,…
I’ve done a lot of praying this past week in the hopes of finding the strength, courage, and inspiration I need to accept a challenge…
I was born as a homeless transient, living in hotel rooms on the road for the first couple of weeks of my life. Added to…
This is one of those funny posts for me. It started because I had a thought about rainbows, which then led me down a path…
I don’t know if it’s because of my family’s peasant, Germans-from-Russia roots, or because I’m weird (maybe both?) but I really like beets. I do. Honestly!
When I run I think. Even when I’m listening to my iPod, my mind is racing through one thought after another. It jumps from here…