Author Archives: ~~Rhonda

Living in a small town, I share my life with my husband Russell (married in 1977), five children (one still at home), and six cats (one indoors, the others outside).

I teach an online class called “The Christmas Notebook” which is about all things holiday prep. The many facets of celebrating Christmas comprises one of my favorite hobbies. Other favorite things include gardening, reading, cooking, and scrapbooking.

menu plan monday ~ june 8, 2015

Hello, all. Thanks to those who have said hello and asked how I was doing. I hope I’m back up to par and able to keep up the blog again. I’ve missed posting, but haven’t had the energy or will to work at it. But things are looking up and here I am. I’ll start […]

menu plan monday ~ march 30, 2015

I am way behind on posting. Here it is Wednesday already! The day is so pretty out, that I am sitting in the swing in the backyard, doing some computer work. I’ll do a quick menu for the week, then will spend some time doing another post. Spring is in our yard and I would […]

life with grands

The twins came to see us a week ago. Their older sister stayed home to have some one on one time with Mom. Our daughter-in-law brought the girls over Friday evening. We shared a pot of coffee before she left and caught up on what’s happening at their house. Our DIL’s department at work is […]

proof of spring

Yesterday DH went out into the yard armed with my camera and took some pictures of spring. It’s really here. Thank you, God, for springtime. For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove […]

in our yard this morning

…with daffodils coming up behind them… The Crocuses They heard the South wind sighing A murmur of the rain; And they knew that Earth was longing To see them all again. While the snow-drops still were sleeping Beneath the silent sod; They felt their new life pulsing Within the dark, cold clod. Not a daffodil […]

menu plan monday ~ march 9, 2015

Spring has finally decided to join the party. I know there may be a little snow hiding in the woods on north facing hills. But it won’t last much longer. We’re getting crocus reports from nearby friends and family. Eldest Daughter sent this picture yesterday. Ours are probably not out yet because today is cloudy […]

40 year old Christmas party

I’ve been perusing some photos from the 1970’s this week. Oh, my. The years have flown by. In some ways, it seems like yesterday. I’m still that person, deep down inside. In other ways, it seems like an eternity ago. The end of that part of my life when I was carefree and had nothing […]

Ski is right at home

Most of you know my dear cat Zak passed away in October. In late November or early December, I began perusing petfinder.com looking for a new cat. I wanted a black and white tuxedo cat, though he didn’t have to be a long haired cat like Zak. I looked at dozens of potential pets. Finally, […]

menu plan monday ~ february 16, 2015

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day. DH gave me chocolate dipped strawberries and raspberries. Dipped the berries himself. For supper he made Linguine with Shrimp and Asparagus. Delicious! We got a bit of snow. Just enough to make it pretty. I love the view from my craft room. Here’s the menu for […]

menu plan monday ~ february 9, 2015

I am coming through a period of not feeling well. I thank those who thought about me and those who asked how I was doing. I am slowly, slowly getting better. I’ll start posting again with the menu for the week. But a few pictures first. A few weeks ago, we had a light dusting […]