For many years I baked up a storm for the kids teachers, the neighbors, the mail carrier and anyone else I felt needed a little holiday cheer. Cookies, breads, chocolate covered pretzels, and fudge covered the counters of my kitchen. Then my sister-in-law told me she had made granola for all her people instead one…
After I went to Bloggy Boot Camp in Atlanta, I signed up with the SITS Girls to get advice and suggestions – a road map for this crazy cyber-world. Sometimes they have contests and the latest prompt is this: Show us your holiday décor and share your secrets for keeping your holiday home clean. The…
I spent some time over the Thanksgiving holiday going through old cooking magazines searching for recipes to take out and save. I did not give my students homework over the break and I rewarded myself with the same. What a lovely time going through some of my favorite magazines: Cooking Light, Healthy Cooking, Clean Living. …
In October I went to Atlanta to attend Bloggy Boot Camp. This is a day long conference filled with tons of information for both beginning and seasoned bloggers. I decided I would do all the extra activities that came with the conference because I was afraid I might miss something important. The evening before the…
We saw our first snowflakes today in Asheville. It was a little hard to keep my students focused on integrals while the flurries were flying by the window. I guess I could have closed the blinds but it was such a pretty site. Winter is on it’s way and it is time for warm comfort…
A Meatless Main Dish For Post-Thanksgiving I believe Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. No gifts to buy, no obligatory decorations to put up, no lists to make and check twice. The best thing about Thanksgiving is spending the day cooking with my mom. She is the head chef for this adventure and I am her…
For the past couple of years I really thought my kids were busy. We had gymnastics and Boy Scouts and basketball and Girls on the Run and soccer. These activities were once, twice, or maybe three times a week for an hour or two. Busy, I thought. Enter this new sports season… my son is…
Finally time for the turkey meatloaves! Last week I made these and before I could take a picture for the blog, they were gone. Yep, they are that good. I asked the kids if they could eat them again this week and they all thought it was a fine idea. I made these meatloaves in…
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Welcome to Le Cirque des Reves. I have just finished an absolutely beautiful book – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. This was a magical adventure set at the…
