It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home
Thirty five years ago, I married the most wonderful man! This week we’re celebrating and reminiscing about all the wonderful and not so wonderful times we’ve shared together. Marriage is hard work!! If anyone tells you different, you’re being fibbed to!! There’s a lot of compromise, apologizing when you’re wrong and sometimes when you’re right, […]
I consider myself a North Carolina girl (we’ve lived here for 28 years) but I grew up in Boca Raton, Florida, a little town south of West Palm Beach and north of Miami Beach. It was a small quiet town when my dad first moved his family there in 1970. Today it is a popular […]
I found a great recipe for Ratatouille on tasty.co. I have to be honest with you…I never knew what ratatouille was until I saw the 2007 Pixar animated movie about a rat that wants to be a chef. Great movie, by the way! I have one son who is vegetarian so when he comes for […]
Happy New Year Everyone! For New Year’s Eve, the LOML (Love of my life) and I went out to our favorite Thai restaurant. Nearby, a family was also celebrating New Year’s Eve but in a very different fashion. There was a mom and a dad and three young boys ages about 8, 5, and […]
MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! This season is my absolute favorite time of year. Spending time with my family is the perfect day for me! Most of our family came over for Christmas Eve dinner so we made a special dinner of salmon, cheesy rice, and bacon broccoli and cauliflower. Some of the […]
When I was a young mother, I attended a women’s bible study at my church taught by the older wiser women to mentor younger women. We met at one of the teachers’ houses. When we entered the home, there were 4 dining tables elaborately decorated beautifully with different settings and center pieces. The hostess would […]
