April 8, 2020 Mister Baker Part of our lifestyle is creating healthy recipes or healthier versions of favorites like chili, marinara, applesauce. We prefer natural, less sugar, more healthy food options to serve, but our budget is limited. I try to stay at $50 per person or less. About 10 [...]
March 31, 2020 Beautiful Beach Day I know by the time this gets published, we aren’t going to be allowed on our beautiful beaches anymore due to what my teens tease the history books will call “the corona shutdown,” but don’t judge us. Anyway, after making sure you understand that [...]
Time to Do Their Hair February 9, 2020 With my crazy biology, a little cold turns into a huge respiratory thing and what should last like 2 or 3 days turns into lingering cough and weakness for 2 to 4 weeks. I’m not impressed with my odd biology. And I [...]
Ever feel overwhelemed by the busyness of life... especially around Christmas? [...]
November 10, 2019 Memes to Voices A friend was showing us her flower arrangements: she said, “expectation versus reality.” To me, both arrangements looked amazing – her husband had given her a few bunches of flowers which she artistically set in two gorgeous table arrangements. She thought one was excellent [...]
September 23, 2019 Questions I love how children ask questions. Sometimes their questions make you go search something. Like “what is a rainbow?” or “why are leaves green?” Sometimes their questions mirror your own; but those you won’t speak. You know, questions that your doubting mind asks but your thinking [...]
September 16, 2019 Beach Time I love the reset my body gets from the beach! The salty air does wonders for my sinuses and makes me feel clean again. On the first of September, a beautiful Sunday afternoon, we took the whole family to the beach. The clouds were amazing, [...]
September 10, 2019 Tropical Thunder Hurricanes are not to be taken lightly. You know, so many memes make light of hurricanes because people have to laugh at what scares them to give themselves a boost of courage. No, those of us who have been through the eye of any storm [...]
September 8, 2019 Leaving My Little Love I’m looking at the man cross the coffee table as I talk. I knew even though he said it was okay to bring my baby (at this point, I’m 8 months pregnant) to work with me, there would come a time when my [...]
August 22, 2019 Our New Gym! Have you ever moved? YES! I can remember 19 different homes in my early years. My husband and I have shifted houses 10 times in almost 17 years. I am intimately aware of moving. I know just how many boxes can fit in a [...]