Thoughts: 4th of July & one year blogging

Happy 4th of July!  I’m not the most patriotic gal on the block, but I do look forward to some great food, and old fashioned fireworks.  I’m a sucker for letting my kids stay up late, and this year we will be out at my mom’s where we can walk down to the bridge to [...]

Off to the fair.

More good ole fashioned fun on today’s agenda. We’re off to the fair! No time for writing, just time for fun with the family. Oh! And lots of love for my husband today. It is our 10 year anniversary. Whoa.
I’ll be back soon with some more summer recipes, and, [...]

Scraps.

Scraps.  That’s all I’ve got for you today.  Not even a picture.  Just scraps.
Well, really I was planning on having a picture, but this week has been too crazy and we are heading out for a family day in the city with my sis and her fam.  This means I don’t even have time to [...]

Summer Reading: my list

I have mentally compiling my summer reading list for the last couple weeks as I finally find myself with open reading time (glorious, glorious summer!). I know I won’t get through all of these (my eyes are bigger than my stomach, so to speak), but I love  realizing how many potentially good reads there are [...]

Fall is here (on my mantle)

This past weekend I decided it was time to clear off the misc. clutter that had accumulated on my mantle and reclaim it for my own visual peace of mind.  Off came the keys, change, and a huge sheath of pictures that I’d moved from somewhere else, waiting to be framed (or something).  I didn’t [...]

Criss Cross Applesauce Day

Well, I’ve been a bit behind on posting, but thought I’d catch up this week with a few things I’ve been meaning to post.  First up was making applesauce with my son’s Kindergarten class last Friday.
Fall means apples for me.  I start in August making apple butter and then continue on through December, reveling in [...]

TWD: Creme Brulee & Oven Fixed!

Yes.  This is another late night TWD posting.  At least this time I have a reasonable excuse.  My oven has been broken.  I was in fact thinking that I would be trying to do this in my toaster oven, but was saved from this extraordinary feat by my oven being repaired last night.  However, that [...]