The first daffodils opened Sunday morning. Welcome, Spring! So glad to see these first few blossoms…heralds of what is to come. I tried to keep this week’s menu pretty easy. We have a lot of schooling to do and several activities planned. Monday Homemade Pizza Tuesday Chicken Stir Fry Rice Wednesday Pork Chops Baby Baked […]
We are thankful we came through the storms last night without mishap. We were up till after 1:00 a.m., though, keeping tabs on the weather. We were ready to dash to the basement if need be, but, needed not. We were grateful our oldest daughter was home with us, and not at her apartment where […]
Can you believe we had temps of 70 yesterday? Here? In February? It was enough to coax a few crocus from the ground. So great to see! Monday Spaghetti and Homemade Sauce Homemade Rolls Green Salad Peas / Corn Tuesday Hearty Lentil Soup Cornbread Wednesday Chicken Wraps (We use tortillas instead of pita bread.) Celery […]
Have you ever seen the last moment of a sunset caught in a paperweight? If you look in the lower right hand side of the paperweight, right against the glass seashell, you can see the setting sun. The sun is rising earlier and setting later as the days progress toward spring. This week our temps […]
We left vacation in Florida, with temps in the 70s and even 84 on the day we left, to come home to ice and snow. What a rude awakening! From this: To this: You can see why a nice, hot, filling soup is the first item on the menu for this week! Monday Cheesy Potato-Sausage […]
There’s still some time for snow and snowflakes, but I prefer to see them inside rather than outside…like this one… Or these… Here’s the menu for the week. Monday Beef and Veggie Stir Fry Tuesday Chili Cornbread Carrot and Celery Sticks Wednesday Oven BBQ chicken Corn Peas Fruit Salad Thursday Baked Chicken Parmesan Baby Baked […]
We begin a new week still feeling under the weather. DD has a return of her head cold and I am still favoring my left leg which is healing from an infection. But we plug away…DD is curled up in the library with her school work and a warm blanket and I am doing some […]
I’ve been working on my Putz houses the past few days. I made patterns for two vintage ones I saw photos of and made a prototype of each from printer paper. I also made a box from a Christmas card, thinking I’d use it as a base for a house, but it’s so pretty that […]
Did you get your New Year’s kiss? Don’t want one! She wouldn’t let me kiss her! We said goodbye to our son and his family today as they packed the van and headed home. We enjoyed a great visit this past week and had so much fun with the grands. DD and I took the […]
My computer came down with a virus last week. That has hindered my blogging and flickr posting. Right now, I’m using an old computer that isn’t as friendly as my own, but I was tired of waiting for my own to be refitted. Christmas morning started with apple dumplings made by my son (in the […]