Well, we finally borrowed our friend’s tiller and prepared the garden for planting again this year. I think it is safe to say that we got almost NOTHING from our garden last summer. Lots of rain plus hardly any sunshine made for a not-so-good gardening year. Plus, the critters kept getting in and eating things… Read More A Couple of Cute Garden Helpers
(Cover photo taken by my sister, Melissa, on a coffee/tea date to the Esselon Cafe here in MA!) You know life is good and you are loved when you are still celebrating your 40th birthday five months after the actual date! And to think…I thought it was all over after the amazing trip to NYC… Read More Not Just a Gift…..A Treasure
Kayla’s recent choir concert – such a special director and overall music experience! …our life, that is. I have always been fascinated with the word picture of the “cup” in the Bible. I have even been known to go searching for antique (or new) teacups to give girls on the last day of a Bible… Read More A Cup Full and Brimming Over…
I wish I was reporting that I had made the Eggplant, Red Bell Pepper, and Pesto Lasagna out of Goat Cheese – the cookbook I checked out last week, but this week has been really FULL. I hope to blog about some of that FULLNESS soon, but for now I will just leave you with… Read More Gluten Free Friday: Popsicle Time Again!
I love goat cheese. My introduction to goat cheese was about 10 years ago at our town’s weekly farmer’s market. It was a free sample from a local goat farm, and it was CHOCOLATE. Now, there’s a sure way to get folks hooked on a product, and it definitely worked on me. Not too long… Read More Gluten Free Biscuits: Goat Milk Edition (and Kombucha Success!)
This was the scene last Monday afternoon as my siblings and uncle crowded into my dad’s room in ICU after his open-heart surgery. Not long after this photo was taken we got kicked out for breaking the “only two visitors allowed at a time” rule. We probably could have stayed, but it was getting kinda… Read More And The Surgeon Wore Boots
Early Sunday morning, I left Massachusetts and headed to Texas in order to be with my dad for his open-heart surgery Monday morning. (All four of us siblings were able to be there!) He had his aortic valve replaced, and we have spent the week together in the hospital where he is recovering very well.… Read More Gluten Free & Heart Healthy Friday: Southwest Quinoa Salad
Last Sunday we added another teenager to our family – Cooper! And come July, we’ll have three in double digits when Kayla turns 10. Wow! Time is truly flying by. (Well, most days.) This was also Cooper’s final week of Classical Conversations – the homeschool program we have been a part of this year. The… Read More 13 Year Old Memory Master, Nacho Eater, Guitar Player
You may remember that my first attempt at making Kombucha was a failure. Nothing happened. Maybe it was too cold? Maybe it was because I was trying to grow my own “mushroom”? Not quite sure. But last week I got to give it another go, because out of the blue two people – TWO different… Read More Good For Your Gut Friday : Kombucha Take 2
Seems like that’s all we did last week – go to baseball games, go to Boston, go to more baseball games, then head to Boston again. It was a very full week, but lots of fun. Kory was up as pitcher once last week, and I always get so nervous for him when his coach… Read More 1. Baseball 2. Boston 3. Repeat