I scream! You scream! We all scream for ICE CREAM! Just last week I was joking with some girlfriends about my summer goals. And with summer over, we laughed at each other about the goals we make each summer and don’t achieve. My original goals – organize the back basement (nope), read more (kinda), hang […]
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Popcorn Pretzel Treats
One of my all time favorite desserts is Rice Krispies Treats. I love the taste, and I love how easy they are to make. You can have dessert homemade in less than five minutes. They are great for the pool, picnics, school lunches, and even afternoon snacks. I was kinda jonesing for one the other […]
Simple Lemon Dressing
The boys and I have been enjoying grilling pizza on our pizza nights, and one of my favorite pizza toppings is salad greens. It sounds silly, I know. I keep the toppings pretty minimal for this and go with cheese or pesto, and pile the salad right on top. And just like the pizza itself, […]
Flood Recovery from A to Z
It’s been too long since I have posted in this old girl. I would like to blame it on summer, but flood life is really to blame. It’s caused a lot of external and in my case, internal turmoil, and I am just now getting to a healthier place. I would have very much liked […]
Bringing Back the Joy
Here we are. The last day of school. It’s a bittersweet moment in time. A month ago, we were limping to the end of the school year. I thought we weren’t going to make it. School was becoming my nemesis, as was the homework I no longer gave a shit about, or cared to expend […]
Things I Am Sick Of Saying Vol. 3
This week’s episode of Things I Am Sick of Saying is brought to you by the letter F for Flood, the letter W for Water, and the number 10, as in 10 inches of rainfall in three hours. 1. “Well, the last time…” It was just twenty-two months ago that Mother Nature dropped six inches […]
Garden Markers
Back in the garden for a minute. Years ago, when I was a Pinterest junky, I saw these beach rocks painted to look like a caterpillar in the garden. I thought, what a fun project for L&L and me to work on. The bag of beach rocks sat in our garage for more than two […]
Soy Chicken Marinade
With Memorial Day weekend just a day away, grill season is officially upon us. There is literally nothing better, is there? Long days by the pool, grilled chicken on the barbie, and snowballs for dessert. Admittedly I have been counting down the days since we went on Spring Break and it snowed. Yes, yes it […]
Summer Vegetable Garden
A few weeks back when I posted the raised garden bed how to, I never expected the responses of how lucky I was to have the space and the right amount of sun to have a garden. Both are fairly important starting out of course. Our backyard garden is big, and mostly because a) I […]
Curb Appeal – Summer Planters
When we bought our home almost nine years ago, there were some planters already here. I moved them from the backyard to the front porch and I made the most of them for many years. The thing is, they never really fit the style of our house, so this spring I was on the hunt […]