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Dec 12, 20231 min read
Is Soup Supposed to Look Like That?
What do you make with frozen pumpkin? Besides the obvious, and best, choice, the choice which taunts me in hind sight: pumpkin bread....
Mar 15, 20232 min read
A Burnt Sandwich, But in Black & White, So It Has to be Romantic
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...
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Making a Mess
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...
Aug 9, 20224 min read
The State Fair & Remembering Deodorant
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...
Jul 27, 20223 min read
Sun, Summer, South Carolina
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...
Apr 4, 20223 min read
A Granola Recipe & I'm Still Alive After Shopping
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...
Feb 7, 20222 min read
Hot Chocolate on a Snowy Day
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. ...
Jan 12, 20222 min read
How NOT to Make Biscuits
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...
Oct 11, 20214 min read
A Stinky House and Sweet Treats
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,...
Jul 26, 20212 min read
A Little German Flavoring
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...
Jun 10, 20214 min read
Are We There Yet? And Other Fond Memories
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...
Apr 7, 20212 min read
Ice Cream After a Test
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...
Mar 5, 20212 min read
Bunny, Tuscan Chicken, & Hurry-Up Cleanup
Bunny, Leo the bunny, started off today munching away on his shoe box from Kara. This particular brand of cardboard must be especially...
Feb 20, 20213 min read
Beef as a Sport
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...
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Hot Chocolate & Laughter for a Snowy Day
The past two days have looked just like a perfect winter wonderland with snow blanketing every surface. Our children certainly enjoyed...
Jan 27, 20213 min read
How About Some Tripe?
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...
Jan 25, 20212 min read
Cousins and Cookie Tins
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...
Jan 20, 20212 min read
Bunnies Calm Us Down After a Scare
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...
Jan 8, 20212 min read
Bugs Bunny and Dill Pickle Peanuts
Bugs Bunny has agreed to be Mr. Bunny's campaign manager, spokesrabbit, fundraiser, media manager, feet on the ground, lettuce fetcher,...
Dec 26, 20202 min read
Christmas Day
Christmas morning traditions start with Kal and Kara bouncing into our room much earlier than either of us feel like being up. Then with...
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