Before I decided to be a stay-at-home mom, I was a high school teacher. I spent numerous hours outside the classroom preparing new lessons, researching new techniques, reading books I could relate to my students with, grading papers, and so on. I wanted to do my very best. All of that was set aside and every […]
Welcome to another Menu Planning Monday! Here I try to plan out healthy, EASY meals that will get me in and out of that kitchen as quickly as possible while still keeping our palettes satisfied. It took me a while to find my recipes this week, as some others that looked tasty were too complicated […]
We recently had our yearly family photos taken, and I am just thrilled with how they came out! We had them scheduled for after school and before soccer practice, and while it was a tight squeeze with our time, it just worked out the best for everyone so we made it work. Oh, and did […]
Welcome to another Menu Planning Monday! Here I try to plan out healthy, EASY meals that will get me in and out of that kitchen as quickly as possible while still keeping our palettes satisfied. Wow, are we really about a third of the way through October already?! How did that happen?! We have been […]
I had another post planned for today, but it just didn’t seem right. So many are suffering terribly after the horrific events that took place in Las Vegas a few days ago and it just feels wrong to continue on with normal life from a distance so soon. Insensitive. What I am realizing more and […]
Welcome to another Menu Planning Monday! Here I try to plan out healthy, EASY meals that will get me in and out of that kitchen as quickly as possible while still keeping our palettes satisfied. We were teased with some beautiful Fall weather last week, but this week’s forecast is back to chilly and rainy. […]
We bought our home about four years ago and while I love so many things about it, one thing that always bothered me are the windows in the living room. There’s just a lot of dead space above them; why not utilize the taller ceilings by letting in more light with bigger windows?! While I […]
Welcome to another Menu Planning Monday! Here I try to plan out healthy, EASY meals that will get me in and out of that kitchen as quickly as possible while still keeping our palettes satisfied. Fall is officially here, and so are all the goodies that come with it, like cooler weather and unfortunately, a […]
About halfway through building the new deck, we realized it gets SO hot during the summer months that even once the deck was built we wouldn’t want to be out there until after 7 pm due to the heat. That is when we changed the design of our plans a little bit to accommodate the […]
Welcome to another Menu Planning Monday! Here I try to plan out healthy, EASY meals that will get me in and out of that kitchen as quickly as possible while still keeping our palettes satisfied. The Fall weather has definitely hit our city and that means cozy sweaters and warm drinks, but it also means […]
