I was flipping through some notes of mine today looking for a favorite recipe when I came upon a short note of thanks I wrote titled,Thanksgiving Blessings. I wrote this little piece on Thanksgiving Day in 2009. Thanksgiving Blessings Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends! I’m busy counting my blessings – and there are so …
I have my Holiday Binder set-up and I am busy using it . Since I last blogged about pulling it out this year I have added to a few items behind the tabs. First off I want to say though is If you choose to use a Holiday Binder, it is important to customize it to your needs. There …
The holidays are coming and with all of the festivities ahead, I am trying to lose some weight. Uggh! But yes, with a hurting back and lowered physical activity in my life right now, I need to make some changes. So I have started looking for meals that are not only healthy and lowered calorie, …
This last weekend my husband and I got to have an amazing weekend get-away to the lovely town of Carmel-by-the-Sea. I hate to say it but it has been about three years since we have spent a weekend in Carmel! Why so long? I have no idea. Three years ago my husband surprised me with …
They say when you send your children off to college it is hard. And yes that is! Having lived through that four times already, I can tell you that for me it never got easier whether my child was a freshman, or a sophomore, or a junior, or a senior returning to campus after a …
I love it when my husband makes dinner! As much as I love to cook, it is really nice to not only have the night off cooking from time to time, but it is simply wonderful to have the house filling with the sweet aroma of this simmering pot roast! All while I am out …
A Wordless Wednesday chronicling the past year of Dakota’s life. This is the day she came home. Our day at Fort Funston. Dakota really believes that she is a lap dog! The doggies had a friend visit for the weekend. That is why it is called puppy love! Interested in ordering prescription remedies over the …
I love setting a beautiful table, and I love using what I have. For this table I bought a boatload of mini pumpkins from school since my sixth graders were selling pumpkins that they had grown in the school garden. These then became the essence of my table. No, I have not already set my …
The holidays are coming! Yes, I actually said that out loud. And I know that I am not the only one getting into the planning mode. Just simply walk into any store and you can see that the holidays are on the minds of many. Even my children are already in the planning mode. It …
Celebrating family, friends, and home ~ keeping it memorable in our hectic lives. Yes, that is my tag line – but it is a mantra that I take seriously. It really is who I am. So in that vein I thought I would share with you our simple and wonderful Halloween evening.Because our children split …
