I hate snakes. The only thing worse than snakes is snakes in the house! Recently, we went over to see my parents. Lo and behold there was a black snake about three feet long and about an inch and a half thick curled up at their front door and happily sunning itself. Its head was… [continue reading]
Baked Beans Recipe
I think of this as Mom’s recipe for baked beans, because I learned to make them from watching her. Over the years though, I think I’ve changed it and made it my own. People have asked me for the recipe many times and that was always a problem, because I’ve always just dumped ingredients and… [continue reading]
Covid-19 Homeschool Day–the Worst!
If you were thrown into the world of homeschool with your kids with the Covid-19 stay home orders, you probably have spent some time pulling your hair out. I get it. I have too! Homeschooling doesn’t mean social distancing or staying home. While some have the idea that homeschooling means something similar to these lock-down… [continue reading]
First Boyfriend: Funny Moments
My dad told me I couldn’t date until I was eighteen. This was always the magic age when I was growing up. Only he didn’t quite do the math because he was thinking that I would be in college, but I was eighteen my whole senior year of high school. So although there were a… [continue reading]
My Best Pot of Mexican Beans Recipe
It’s Cinco de Mayo! You just have to start every great Mexican meal with a fabulous pot of beans. For years I wasn’t happy with my Mexican beans recipe. One day I told my mom that mine just never taste as good as the beans I ate at home growing up or in the Valley,… [continue reading]
Song in my head
Do you always have a song in your head? I can’t say there’s a song playing in my mind at all times, but much of the time there is, even though I don’t realize it. Things that happen or things I think about, tend to inadvertently produce a song in my head, that at times… [continue reading]
Self-Quarantine Celebrations during Covid-19 Stay home orders
I will forever remember 2020 as the year the world shut down! It has been surreal, no? Our day-to-day life has seemed to go on much like normal, since we homeschool anyway. Of course, the kids had activities and classes every day of the week that have all been moved online, canceled, or postponed like… [continue reading]
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a tradition at our house! Jason’s grandma Delores introduced me to this dish. She served it every Easter. I am not a huge fan of Jello ordinarily so I didn’t expect to like it all that well, but I loved it. In fact Grandma served it as part of the meal,… [continue reading]
Funny Family Stories
Every time our family gets together we sit around and tell funny family stories. Some are the old ones that have been passed down generations and get told over and over through the years. Then of course there are always the new things that have happened to us that we share and laugh till our… [continue reading]
Baking my Husband’s First Birthday Cake from Me
When we first got married, I was teaching full time and taking six graduate hours each semester, while my husband was finishing his degree. So two years later when my husband took his first job, I was able to stay home and focus my efforts on being a wife and homemaker. We didn’t have any… [continue reading]