Hi folks!  I have some purple news to share with you this month. I haven’t had as much time to focus on this site since my Hashimoto’s Disease kind of took over my purple life.  Right now I have two other blogs, one website, a […]

Last month was my birthday and I got some fabulous new purple things to add to my grape collection.  From left to right starting in the back: My new purple heart keyring is something I actually picked up at a Sports Authority the month prior.  […]

I’m going to be 51 this month and I’ve been trying to eat healthier for me, esp considering I have Hashimoto’s disease.  How can I purple-ize this? Breakfast: Blackberries in my vanilla protein shake Lunch: Blueberries in my turkey and spinach salad Dinner: Purple food […]

There’s a grape new soap in town and it’s from Dove.  It’s called Go Fresh Rebalance. I generally don’t like processed bar soaps. They generally don’t smell very nice and aren’t as luscious as the handmade bars, but I really did like this one.  And…it’s […]

This is a test of the Emergency Purple Network!  This is only a test…. How purple are you?  Let’s find out!  Post your answers here on the blog as a comment and share your purpleness with my other grape readers. 1. Are you now or […]

I’m introducing a new feature to the blog that I hope will put you all in a creative mood and I pray you will all participate.  I call it Purple Story Go Round.  I’ve actually done this before and it was a LOT of fun.  […]

I found this recipe for Jello Poke Cake on Kraft.com, but I did some substitution.  Here’s what the recipe said:   What You Need 1 pkg.  (2-layer size) white cake mix 1 cup  boiling water 1 pkg.  (3 oz.) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin 1/2 cup […]

A long time ago, in a purple galaxy far, far away, I began writing a grape eBook sharing all my secrets for redesigning things inexpensively  in order to make them purple.  Due to some other deadlines, I had to abandon this project long ago.  However, […]

With unsweetened apple sauce.  Delish A friend of mine said she made a good chicken dish using grape jelly.  I thought it sounded gross, but she said it was really good.  So I looked online for a recipe and found several. Some used dried mustard, […]

As some of you already know, 2012 was a very difficult year for me.  Aside from the normal busy-ness of being a work-at-home-schooling mom to a very clever 13 y/o, I’ve had some health issues for the last 35 yrs that have grown in severity […]