I'm up at 4am.  Can't sleep, so I'm gluing snowflakes/stars to the tops of a few wine cork Christmas trees and sipping hot coffe...

It's been nice to be back in the kitchen baking breads.  First on the agenda - biscuits.  I'm playing around with different size ...

I am going through old blog drafts that didn't make the cut for some reason or another.  I found this one from May of last year.  It...

I'm bringing my husband home today folks.  He had the best care at the best hospital, and a high-five to Yawni, his nursing assistant wh...

First, the night before. . .   make a batch (best, or make ahead and freeze), of homemade condensed cream of mushroom soup.

Remember those baby food jars I needed?  Well, I finally got around to making one jar of homemade vapo-rub.  I think I will be trying sev...

I am so happy they we have fresh goat's milk , as part of our self-sufficiency , and health reasons. T he gover nment just can't ...

I've had a few people ask me what I am doing to lose weight and get in shape. My goal is to completely shed 50 pounds(or more).  I am...

I have not found balance in my daily routine. This may be something for me when all of the kids have moved out, and my daily duties are mo...

  If you think I have found strange and interesting recipes over the years.....we now made coffee jelly. It's actually pretty goo...

....planted a Colorado Blue Spruce seedling, purchased cumin seeds to grow again, and planted two new apple trees. ...planted more lettuce...

You can see the mud splatters on my daffodils.  The sun is shining and the flooding is over. Short post today.....15 year-old daughte...

Who knew that a gift from my mother would also be my inspiration to write?  For years, "ring bling" has been my writing muse, alon...

For years, my husband has had to take over the counter medication for stomach problems (heart burn etc.).  Guess what?! After finally gett...

Well, it's another day to the dentist today (long sigh).  My daughter, who was in a car accident a few years ago, still needed broken te...

My son, bless his heart, went to work looking like he had not slept in a week.  His co-worker, told him he looked like he was on drugs.   ...

I nearly crocheted an entire dishcloth yesterday.  The dentist office was so full, that people were standing throughout our visit.  My body ...

We are making great strides to get our meals back to unprocessed, natural, and healthier meals.  We have many steps to make yet, but have ga...

What a combination to write about too.  First, I decided to add more fresh garlic in my diet and found this delicious salad.  I had a few of...

  It's official.  I blame the weather.  I think my migraines are about lined up with thunderstorms, and I am so sick with cough, sore t...