Happy 4th of July to everyone! I sit here watching The Patriot in my hotel room with my family and silently thank those that did fight so many years ago for our freedom. And I thank those that continue to fight to keep our freedom.
Farmer’s Market haul. If you read my last post you know I have been doing a lot of cooking from scratch using fresh ingredients. While at the Farmer’s Market I picked up some fruit and veggies. But today I focused on the small cucumbers I got in this haul to make pickles. I started gathering…
Plan plan plan! Plan out what you plan to eat for the month, week or for the next couple of days. Make your grocery list, then hit the store. Make sure you are planning for all three meals AND snacks. You don’t want to eat great for breakfast and lunch then about 3pm need to…
I haven’t posted in a few days because I’m trying to get my family ready to leave for a lovely road trip from Texas to Wisconsin. Does the movie National Lampoon’s Vacation come to mind? It does mine every time we decide to take a family trip and drive. Granted its never as bad as…
We are back from our vacation and I’m been trying to catch up on laundry, work, email, laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, and did I mention laundry. I think I have done more laundry since we have been back than I did last month! We were only gone for a week what gives, did someone come…
Haven’t posted in a while, but you know how life gets… So yesterday several of my co-workers and I started boot camp. Yes, as I sit here typing I am wondering where my brain was when we decided to do this. I knew I was out of shape but I didn’t realize how the extent…
Messy Burgers My kids love Sloppy Joes, or should I say they love Messy Burgers. My son changed the name when he was about 3. You see to him anything on a bun was a burger, could be PB&J and it was a PB&J burger. His introduction to the Sloppy Joe was a very messy…