I found this flyer that was handed to me when I turned on the Disney World Tickets last Thursday. I remember stuffing it into our backpack as soon as I got it, and while cleaning out the backpack yesterday I found it. This is the no-kidding real fine print about the extension to the Disney … Read more
**I’m reminded of all those Disney reprise movies: Return to Neverland, Return from Witch Mountain, Return to Halloweentown, Return to Snowy River, etc. Semi-impulsively, this past weekend we took a “short” trip down to Disneyworld and joined our friends Suzy and Andy’s family, and along with their neighbor’s family. They flew down from Ohio for … 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
In the shade of our garage, we were able to load the car in relative comfort…OUT of the 90+ degrees at 9am! Not only is our summer full of travel, but we couldn’t even wait for school to end before taking our first trip! Since we’re taking the SUV up to PA/WV/VT next week, we’re … Read more
This past weekend was the Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival at Fort Walton Beach Landing…about 20 miles east of where we live. Dave suggested we hang out at the festival on Friday night, so after the boys got off the school bus, we went to the base to pick up Dave and headed eastward. The boys … Read more
On May 30th I saw a black swallowtail butterfly flitting around my herb garden. A familiar sight, we’d seen many of them when we lived on the east coast of Florida, North Carolina, Nebraska and now again we’re greeted. I knew what she was doing — laying eggs! The next day I scoured the herbs … Read more
A small British grocery store opened up right up the street, called The British Pedlar. The ladies who are running the store are very kind and they have just about everything that I remember from my childhood, when my mom would frequent the British grocery store in Virginia Beach OR she’d bring things back from … Read more
This week’s Friday Fill-In! Enjoy! 1. It’s now June (woot!)… what plans do you have for the summer? I have this horrible habit of overstuffing our summer breaks. This year I even tried to back off some by not enrolling the boys in any summer activities…until an advertisement for Challenger Soccer Camp arrived in the … Read more
(This is an article I originally wrote for GeekMom.com, to be published on the same day as the finals). We are in the midst of the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee Week in the Washington, D.C. area. I’ve watched the competition with interest most years — although not with the same enthusiasm my family watches … 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