What do you make with frozen pumpkin? Besides the obvious, and best, choice, the choice which taunts me in hind sight: pumpkin bread....

I spent a lovely evening with my sister and brother-in-law and their 2 chunky monkeys. Little A, the baby, with her rolls of baby fat...

My kitchen looks like a crime scene if food could be a victim. Kara and her cousins, D & T, made... (da-da-da--that's a drum roll in case...

Have you ever had a day in which you're halfway through 11 showings on properties in another city, on a very hot, Summer day, and the car...

Circus is over now. I felt like Jell-O all day on Sunday, the day after it all ended. Helping out was certainly fun, though. I want to...

It is now April. We're past April Fool's Day. Nobody pulled a fast one on me, and if they did, I have yet to discover it. That also...

Hello, Sunday morning! I need to get ready for church in a minute, but first... coffee! It's percolating in the magic pot right now. ...

I did a first last night. There's a biscuit recipe I have made hundreds of time throughout my life. I've made it so often I don't pull...

There's been a lot of life going on since I last wrote. The divorce is final now. It's not where I imagined I'd be in life right now,...

I wasn't raised in Peru, Indiana. In fact, when my family first moved here in the 1990s, I thought we were in another state--even though...

What sound track plays in your car on a long road trip? I got to hear an endless loop, at least it seemed endless, of: I'm bored! I'm...

Sunny. 78 degrees. A perfect day for passing the real estate exam for our state, which is just what I did. That's been the big test for...

Bunny, Leo the bunny, started off today munching away on his shoe box from Kara. This particular brand of cardboard must be especially...

If eating were a sport, then we would have done our best tonight in exhibiting our talents in that arena. We is defined as another...

The past two days have looked just like a perfect winter wonderland with snow blanketing every surface. Our children certainly enjoyed...

Icy roads made for a peaceful morning as school was first delayed then canceled. By late morning, the roads were fine, and I drove the...

The past two days were a whirlwind that whirled writing right out of sight for me, but now I'm sitting down to recap. We had a cousin...

You never know what the excitement of the day will be. For us, it was a bomb threat at my kids' school, not just one of the buildings in...

Bugs Bunny has agreed to be Mr. Bunny's campaign manager, spokesrabbit, fundraiser, media manager, feet on the ground, lettuce fetcher,...

Christmas morning traditions start with Kal and Kara bouncing into our room much earlier than either of us feel like being up. Then with...