Sometimes, you plan things and they don’t work out. Not too long ago one of the potlucks I talked about here basically got jettisoned by the flu. Everything was set and ready to go when we started getting cancellations because numerous houses had been struck, in unison with whatever virus was making the rounds
I had a moment with my son this morning, a sweet moment with a tinge of bitter because we have a season rapidly coming to a close and I cannot for the lie of me fit all of the things in that I desperately want to. He graduates high school this year, and in a
It’s March Break Madness and I have nothing to show for it friends. I ran around all week getting ready for the break, exhausting my resources, patients, and ability to cook. You don’t even want to know how many meals were leftovers, take out, premade grocery store meals, or just plain fend for yourself, but I’ll
My mom was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago, and after an all too quick battle, she passed away late last fall. I’ve been offline with the blog for awhile just because it was too much, I wanted to take some time to process and figure things out, and quite honestly my heart was
Winner, winner, chicken dinner and if this is wrong I don’t want to be right were my two other obvious choices for this particular recipe. Kudos first of all to my friend Julie who introduced this to my family a few months back. I was out of town for an extended period caring for an
It’s been awhile, I know. Life went off kilter for a season, which I might tell you about one day, but not today. But I will tell you about the most spectacular thing that happened to me today. The best. I fell completely in love at first sight. On the spot, smitten, undeterrable love. Now
In the interest of being transparent and real, brace yourselves: most of the time I’m making this up as I go along. For example, tonight we are having a potluck dinner themed “food from a book or movie”. I picked spaghetti and meatballs from Lady and The Tramp thinking that would be a super easy
We went to a wedding last weekend. My nephew got married and he and his bride did a phenomenal job of throwing a celebration that seemed to have every detail accounted for, was beautifully decorated, and very much represented who they are. He was lucky to find someone who very much matches him, whom
I did it! I did something completely random and un unplanned-which is a big deal because I like to plan the things I’m going to plan. And crossed something off my bucket list that I didn’t even know was a thing to be on my bucket list. But I did it, and I can brag about
Unplanned moments typically turn into the best adventures. We carved out a long weekend away to visit Prince Edward County, catch a little sun and fresh air, drink a little wine, sleep in and slow down. Perfect weekend and we did just that, everything to plane except for Terry. That’s not his real name, but
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