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.
Couldn’t decide what to cook tonight so my son looked through all my pinned food items and decided on this one. So before leaving for the day I threw the chicken, soup, and onions in, set the crockpot to hi and off I went. I came home to what smelled like my grandma cooking in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Yesterday’s post had us preparing for our trip from Texas to Wisconsin. Today we are in the car on the way. The plan was to leave at 5 am but as with most family trips, 5 am became 8 am. The boys and I were up most of the night finishing up our packing, making…