I was married for 20 plus years when my husband walked out the door leaving me with three teenagers. To say that I was devastated would be an understatement – I was crushed beyond measure. During those first days, weeks, and months, it felt as though I had fallen down a deep abyss of shock, …
I love to entertain, I love to cook, and I love easy! I firmly believe that entertaining is meant to be time spent with friends and family – not time spent prepping and working. And to that end….Here are some of my favorite tasty and easy summer appetizers. Best Ever Deviled Eggs Deviled eggs really are …
I am lucky in that I have lived in homes with a pool for many, many years. I love swimming, and I love water – so even just looking at the pool in the back yard makes me a happy camper. But really the pool is not for looking at – it is for swimming, …
I am so lucky OneHope Social Impact Coffee gave my 6 pounds of Karma Blend coffee so that I could run three sperate giveaways. You are lucky, because if you were not the winner of round one or two you have one more chances to win two pounds of this amazing coffee. As I said before ~ …
Are you a blue cheese fan? Well, for anyone that looooves blue cheese – this is a die for delicious appetizer! The tangy blue cheese mixed with a little olive oil and vinegar, lemon juice, chopped red onion, garlic and parsley – Wow! Amazing flavors mixing and melding together to just the right tangy and …
I am a sixth grade writing teacher, and I work a lot with my students on understanding perspective. We need to learn to understand how something may be seen through someone else’s eyes. We write in first-person telling our own stories, and we write in third-person telling stories through a narrator. We also read many …
My guilty pleasure? Do I even dare tell you? My kids all know, my husband knows. They see me involved in this guilty pleasure of mine way too often. Daily? Maybe. At least a few times a week. I hate to think of the hours I spend participating in this pleasure. It really is a …
Scotcharoos first entered my life about ten years ago. We had been hanging out at my parent’s cabin at the lake having fun doing all the usual lake activities: water-skiing, jet-skiing, bike riding, fishing, and best of all laying in the hammock with a great book, when my cousins popped over from next door with …
Two weeks lounging in a pool, eating tapas and, exploring the island beaches of Mallorca, Spain, what is not blissful with this scenario? Well, when you are spending your two weeks sharing a house with your family – all of your family’s dreams, expectations, disappointments, and hurts get packed right alongside the tabloid magazines and …
Happy Fourth of July! Today is a day to celebrate our country’s independence. I hope that you are celebrating today in exactly the manner that you wish. Whether that is watching a parade, watching World Cup soccer, running a race, cooking for family and friends, watching late night fireworks, or sitting back and relaxing. I hope that …
