Fickle Food

My husband just had a birthday and everyone in the family wanted to go together and buy him a nice gift…so what do you suppose he asked for? A weed whacker. Out of thousands of possible gift opportunities he came up with a weed whacker. He very happy with his whacker too. It’s in the [...]

Well, I’ve known this was going to happen for a couple of months but it still makes me a little sad. Kismet is going to go live with my daughter in her new apartment. It will be hard because we’ve had Kiz since she was eight weeks old, but she’ll get tons of extra, undivided [...]

Oh, my aching back… Got everything spit-polished, the cooking all done, the food served, the aftermath cleaned up and put away, now, I’m all about a hot bath and maybe some TV. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, I sure did! If I didn’t mention it, I’m thankful that we had plenty of food [...]

Guess while the old mama cat is away, the little mousies will play…(see previous post) We just got home, got through another weekend working on the house in Eldorado and I can’t believe nothing blog-worthy happened! I suppose I could show you the splinter in my finger and the callus that is forming on my [...]

It’s 5:30 AM, I’m up, dressed and we’re off to Eldorado again. Last week–against staggering odds–our men got through an entire weekend without doing anything silly, not one girly scream, no chair dancing at the sight of a rodent, or (believe it or not) the dreaded bathtub snake… Keep your fingers crossed.

My kids are really weird, this is a recent trip they took to the Godfrey corn maze…my youngest, (the one signing her little lungs out) didn’t know that Joshy, her fiance, was taping her…

Fall is here and it’s officially sweater weather, and with sweaters come a danger many people are unaware of—the sweater shaver. While this simple looking gadget may seem innocuous enough, don’t be fooled. This is not a toy! I learned this the hard way one beautiful fall day, many autumns past. I’d gotten up early [...]

We spent the entire day Saturday helping my sister and brother-law-law get his late mother’s house ready to sell, filling cracks and nail holes, painting walls, etc. I was outside for at least an hour chipping old paint off the front door, completely unaware of what lurked nearby…you might want to mentally cue up the [...]

I had a great weekend! Saturday my husband and I took our middle daughter and niece to the St, Louis zoo. Our youngest daughter was unable to go because her boyfriend had taken her to Sandusky Ohio for their two year anniversary…we had no idea she would return with a really fantastic surprise for us! [...]

We just found out Sunday that our youngest daughter, Abby, is engaged! Her boyfriend Josh, took her to Sandusky Ohio for the weekend to celebrate their two year anniversary and while they were there he proposed! The ring is gorgeous and the whole trip sounded so sweet and so romantic! It will probably be a [...]