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A French Treat Contest 20 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
In June, Tales of Whimsy.com turned four. Last week, I turned thirty-seven. In honor of both milestones I thought it would be nice to give one of my U.S. readers a little gift. Carla Bruni's "Quelqu'...
My Love Note to The Outcast 16 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
The Outcast by Jolina Petersheim The Outcast, I may love you. You're compelling and a bit sexy and mysterious. You have secrets, lust, lies, betrayal, and illness. But at the core you carry a marvelo...
My Monkey Girl & Talking Nicknames 8 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
Baby Whimsy (aka monkeypants) loved the beach. Especially walking along the shore. Speaking of my monkey girl, I have at least a couple dozen nicknames for Baby Whimsy. Everything from peaches, for h...
We Did It! 19 Jul 2013 | 04:45 pm
We did it! We closed on our house Tuesday. We're officially homeowners. Yay! It was pretty surreal signing contracts for that much money but it all went really well and very smoothly. Then Wednesday w...
How I Came to Love Mr. Darcy. The Tea, Not the Romantic Hero. 15 Jul 2013 | 11:07 pm
This pretty book shaped box of tea arrived a few weeks ago (thanks to a contest I won over at VVb32 Reads) and Mr. Darcy has been charming me bit by bit ever since. What's he made of? Mostly oolong (d...
This Week The Whimsy Family Has Been... 7 Jul 2013 | 01:16 am
#1. Picking paint colors. Oh darlings. This was exciting but incredibly tough. Turns out I have an eye for color variations and therefore it took me that much longer to find the perfect shades. The fo...
Adios Google Reader 24 Jun 2013 | 05:00 pm
I have been in denial. Serious denial. I know Google Reader is going away. Yet still every day I've gone back. I've been like a junkie or an ostrich with my head buried in the sand. My plan has been t...
I'm a Digital Girl Living in a Digital World 22 Jun 2013 | 12:10 am
I am not a fancy phone girl. We don't own the latest techy gadgets. We're pretty far from it actually. Shoot, I don't even a smart phone nor cable. However when it comes to my books, I've officially g...
Why You Too Should Visit Half-Moon Hollow, Kentucky (Audiobook Series) 17 Jun 2013 | 09:49 pm
Reason 1. Snarky comical heroines like klutzy Miranda, resourceful Iris, chef Tess, and kooky witch Nola. Reason 2. Hot guys. Three are vamps but the latest is a cursed southern cutie. Reason 3. The...
Discussing A Bride in the Bargain (Audiobook) in Reverse 11 Jun 2013 | 02:32 am
By the end of A Bride in the Bargain, I was SO ready for Mr. Giant Hunky Lumberjack to throw Anna over his shoulder and take her home. Enough already chica! But A Bride in the Bargain was still real...
