These are from my garden!!! We do need some rain, but I am finally picking some tomatoes. I am aware that in a few weeks I am going to be swamped- but I’m still very excited! And as long as I’m sharing photos- I thought I’d share this picture I […]

Since I’ve started my grocery project, I have received several question, both IRL and by e-mail. I have also found that more local people than I thought read my blog- and it’s the locals who are particularily interested in my grocery experience. So I will do my best today to […]

My kids birthdays, that is. 🙂 Yesterday Abigail woke us up nice and early, so excited for her birthday. And our great intentions of letting her open one gift and then waiting until after church for the rest, quickly went out the window. Of course, we didn’t realize that our […]

Happy Birthday to Abigail!!!!! Today my princess is 6 years old!! It’s amazing how time flies. Just 6 years ago she was a new wonder and the most priceless thing on the planet… now she is a big 6 year old, ready to start first grade. And she’s still one […]

Sometimes I think I forget who reads my blog. And sometimes I forget why I write my blog. Of course, sometimes I’m not entirely sure why I write my blog. It can be a chore sometimes coming up with just a little something to keep it current. But I think […]

So I left off with a teaser yesterday about going grocery shopping today, and we never got there. So maybe tomorrow… Instead today we went to pick up Abigail’s outfit for ballet class and then on to some school clothes shopping. Gotta love that. Abigail loves trying on clothes. But […]

This coming Sunday is Abigail’s 6th birthday. And today kind of kicked off birthday week for us. Today the kids and I had planned to go to the zoo with my SIL Jenn and my neice Kara. Well, that turned into an invite for Grandma, which turned into an invite […]

Okay, now I’m just annoyed. If you scroll down my page here, you will find a product review for Kraft’s new Grate-It-Fresh cheese. And if I do say so myself, I think I wrote a very nice and well-thought out review. And in this age of people who either cook […]

Today as I was baking up some zucchini bread, I was thinking about this poetic post I was going to do today. Sort of an “ode to zucchini bread.” Anyone who reads my blog knows about my penchance for quick breads. LOVE THEM. There is nothing on the planet that […]

At my sister Lizzie’s wedding just over a week ago, my other little sister Rachel made the wedding cake. Here’s a picture of Rachel’s triumph. Isn’t it pretty? She did a fantastic job- and it tasted really good too! She made a dark-chocolate raspberry cake with a whipped cream frosting. […]

These were shared on the Cooking Light bulletin board recently, and they certainly caught my attention. I bought a monster zucchini at the farmstand this past week to use for zucchini bread and whatever else caught my fancy. These were perfect with a little marinara for dunking. The change I […]

The other night when Andy smoked up his pork, I thought that I needed to find a new barbecue sauce. Standard commercial barbecue sauces are just too sweet for my taste. They also don’t allow the barbecue sauce to suffuciently permeate the meat. They are cloying and extra thick- possibly […]