Psst...I have a dare for you. Find a quiet MOMent, make sure everyone else in your home is doing something that will keep them busy. Sneak out of the back door of your home. Sit on the back step, or porch, or right on down in the grass. Look around you. Listen carefully. What do you see? What do you hear? Me? I see - trees, leaves and branches rustling in the wind, grass, strewn branches, bright sunlight, my … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
Tilapia Made Easy (and yummy!)
There are some amazing women out there on the Internet who put a whole lot into their meal preparations for their families ... and then there is me. I've been a mom for eighteen years and I have cooked a whole lot of meals and I have made an art form of cooking good meals the simple way! The fewer ingredients the better. I invent recipe's all the time because I basically take the foods and flavors my family enjoys and I … [Read more...]
Labor Day Leads To Oh Happy Day
As we approach Labor Day and the long weekend, I must confess each year when I hear the term Labor Day I think of a whole other kind of labor. As a result this weekend reminds me of the gift of my children and the blessing it is to be a mom! Which then leads me to remember what a Happy Day that was. Which then makes me want to dance. Which then makes me want to sing. Which then makes me think of the happiest day of my life. Which … [Read more...]
Fruit Fly Catcher
I am being driven slowly into madness. By fruit flies. They are evil. Tiny red eyes evil. Taking over my home evil. Making me crazy evil. (Yes, there are worse things...but they really are causing me much angst.) Then a dim memory flashed. My parents gave me something they called a fruit fly catcher that they purchased from a Kentucky State Park. After a flurry of activity I found said fruit fly catcher, found out … [Read more...]
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