Ok.  For the past 10 yrs or so, I’ve been looking for a more modest swim suit.  Two years ago my family chastised me for never going in the pool at my house or the one at my folk’s house which is only two minutes […]

Some of you are a work at home moms or run a small business from home of some sort so I just HAD to show you this!  In my day job, I’m a speaker and an author on the topic of speech communication skills.  My […]

I found this Purple Power video on YouTube and just HAD to post it here for all my purple lovin’ friends.  Gorgeous flowers and, yes, they are all purple!! Have a GRAPE day!

The Purple Product: Palmolive Eco+ Phosphate Free Lavender Dishwasher Detergent (Did you notice it says, “New formula for shiny, clean dishes”?) The Result: White powdery residue all over my dishes. YUCK! My Purple Analysis: Two Purple Thumbs Down! This just isn’t a GRAPE product!  In […]

I thought I took a before picture, but I guess I didn’t.  This is a picture of a similar shirt I have.  It’s a bit thinner and longer than the one I redid, but it’s the same bright red color exactly.  Usually these reds don’t […]

On Monday I asked how far your purple addiction has spread.  Today I want to see how much you know about purple.  Take this purple quiz and see how Purple Knowledgeable you are! 1. Which two colors combined make purple? 2. What is different about […]

Do people think you’ve lost your purple MIND?   Are you a little too purple crazy?  Has your search for purple toilet paper prompted a bunch of your friends to question your purple sanity?  Well, if they have, welcome to the purple club!  It’s a grape […]

This week’s Purple Project is a story that took me several weeks to write and illustrate.  I hope you enjoy the story of:  Little Purple Riding Hood! Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl whom everyone called Little Purple Riding Hood because […]

Softsoap Elements makes a Lavender and Chamomile handsoap that is not only a lovely shade of purple, but smells divine!  Some of these soaps smell like detergent and others are so flowery they make me gag, but this one smells absolutely heavenly. Heaven must smell […]

I pray you had a purple-icious Mother’s Day!  I sure did! Here are my new dishes!  Aren’t they gorgeous?  After 23 years of marriage and three sets of chipped, cracked and discolored dishes we had mismatched together, we decided it was time to purchase a […]