Boston Baked Beans with a Southern flair…. I’ve been rather scarce, busy with our visitors this past weekend (that’s for another blog post which is forthcoming) and now that the extended family is now all safe and sound back home, I have some time to play catch-up with the household and some of the administrative … Read more
Yes, these posts are hideously out of order, but I’m writing them in the order of ease of collecting my thoughts. Sorry about that 🙂 Maybe I’ll force the dates around some when I’m all done. We started out in Greenville, SC on the last day of our road trip. It was about 2 1/2 … Read more
Last weekend the boys and I bid farewell to Dave in Harrisburg headed up to the Stratton, Vermont area for some camping with my dear friend (and former college roommate) Megan and her son Aidan. Some mother/son bonding time was had by all 🙂 We had a great time catching up — we last saw … Read more
I guess good recipes travel fast! I was delightfully surprised when one of Brandie @ The Country Cook’s friends, Laurie @ Feeding My Ohana, contacted me about how excited she was to see a non-commercial simple Huli Huli Chicken marinade recipe at The Country Cook a couple weeks ago. Laurie tried it and gave it … Read more
My dear friend Brandie at The Country Cook has a surprise waiting for us this morning! My first ever guest-blog-post! The Country Cook is fun because each of Brandie’s recipes has a great story to go along. I had the PERFECT recipe to add to her blog and was so excited to get to share … Read more
Corn’s been in my mind a lot this week. “Yeah, being in Nebraska will do that to you….” As I was saying, some corn-related items have surfaced these past few days, not just from being here, but I guess in general. Corn thought #1: In Florida, local corn harvests are in full swing, with our … Read more
The mimosa trees are starting to bloom…. …or so I thought… I have loved these pretty trees since I was a kid in southeastern Virginia…this one is blooming right up the street. I’ll take my iPhone along on runs so I can listen to tunes, but about once a week I get distracted so much … Read more
Last night the boys asked to make homemade salsa. We were coming home from a fun run last evening and I told the boys we could stop at Publix to pick up the things we need. I whipped out my iPhone (“Pardon me while I whip this out….”) and Googled a salsa recipe. I don’t … Read more
Tonight I’m making chicken tikka masala for dinner. I never thought in a million years I’d be cooking homemade Indian food, but here I am! I don’t keep a ton of fancy spices on hand, they tend to expire before I use it all up. But for the past few months I’d been seeing these … Read more
* Name that tune! Oh, never mind! Here’s the whole song, just for you! This Carol Channing act sent my sister and me into a flurry of giggle when we were little. Prepared to have it stuck in your head for a while, ha ha! With all those strawberries I brought home on Monday, I … Read more