First of all the winner of the $10 Walgreen’s card is Lacey!  Woo!  High competition right?  ;)  I’ll get that in the mail to you shortly Lacey.
Second- my friend Laura has requested my Sweet Smothered Pork Burrito recipe.  It’s my go to recipe to feed a crowd and is ALWAYS a hit- except of course […]

At our house we try to avoid ingesting chemicals whenever possible.  That means that we avoid artificial food dyes and artificial flavors.  Our current step is eliminating High Fructose Corn Syrup.  This makes buying medicine for kids difficult. I’ve taught my 5 year old how to swallow pills so that we have more options.  So […]

I’m laid up.  I tore my MCL (2nd degree tear) in my knee about 3 weeks ago (yes, in belly dance class).  I got sentenced to 6 weeks of recovery (brace, staying off of my feet as much as humanly possible, physical therapy).  I’m halfway there.  The first day or two was a blur (thanks […]

It doesn’t happen very often.  But every once in a while I pull off an amazing mothering feat.
Feat number one.  I didn’t cry. I didn’t lecture.  I didn’t yell.
Megan did this to her bangs…

Feat number two. I made her look respectable for school.

Now if I can manage to get my house ready for company […]

About a week ago I got a call from a woman in Hawaii who was looking for a gift basket to be delivered to her parents- who live about a mile from me.  We talked a bit and it turns out her dad is very sick with cancer and they had just started hospice that […]