As keeper of my home, I feel it’s my place to create beautiful healthy meals for my family.  Falling down on this job is not pretty when it comes to feeding a growing family.  They resort to all manner of snacking and grazing.

In the quiet of this morning, I sat down with a cup of green tea […]

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There’s a calm in my heart today.  I’m not going anywhere, intent (and content) on staying home and just being.  I am harvesting sage today.  

The sage stands bright and stately in the sunshine. 
There is an old saying, going all the way back to when Romans ruled the world:
“Why should a man die when he has sage in his garden?” 
I know […]

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Hannah over at Cultivating Home posted a recipe for Orange Julius.  As I commented to Hannah at her beautiful blog, I had forgotten Orange Julius even existed!  Ever had one?  We made a blender full today and what a yummy treat!

I took my break on the porch with my cold drink and watched the one kitten we have left.  […]

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Thoughts on Food…
Just a reminder that there’s a difference between good fat and bad fat, and that our bodies need some fat to help us with hormone production, among other things.

This was yummy and I have no guilt. 
A slice of sourdough olive bread, a spring-green salad with Bragg’s Ginger and Sesame Salad Dressing and […]

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An odd title, I know, but it’s what this weekend has been about. 

A Saturday Morning Yardsale
The weekend was good.  Even though I had to work on Saturday, I started out my early morning with a yard sale which was on the way to the local all-natural grocery store and farmer’s market.

There was a […]

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Tonight my husband cooked on the grill while I went to the store to get fixin’s for cheeseburgers or chicken fillet sandwiches, take your pick.  This turned out to be — in all honesty — the best chicken ever.
Before I left, I marinated the chicken in this:

It was a large package, probably 5-1/2 pounds, of […]

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Not even behind a very large can of pork and beans!!

(Do you think they’ll know it’s me?)
Where’s a housewife to go to hide sometimes?  I can’t hide in any of my closets.  They are all packed full!  Under the beds?  It’s the same way!
Actually, I’ve just been hiding away for a few minutes in the […]

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I mentioned a few days ago that I had planned out our menus for last week.  Here’s what we had:
Tuesday 4/22:  Homemade pizza, fresh salad
Wednesday, 4/23:  Chicken and dumplings, fresh salad
Thursday, 4/24:  Lasagne and fresh salad
Friday, 4/25:  Roast (London broil) and gravy, small red potatoes, broccoli, fresh salad
Saturday, 4/26:  Left over roast, macaroni and cheese, green beans (didn’t need), fresh salad
There’s so […]

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Being back home is wonderful. If you’ve ever worked outside of your home while your heart was at home, then you would understand my joy at this first thought upon waking:  Oh, I don’t have to go anywhere today…
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Breakfast in Bed

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It’s not a matter of not wanting to work, mind you. It’s a matter […]

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I was just talking with my son about balancing algebraic equations.  How about this equation:
house disarray = brain disarray
Is that balanced?  I think so.  The office redo is moving quickly here, but every room in the house, it seems, is in total disarray (and I can hardly think straight). 

Hubby muds the wall to repair holes and damage.
Don’t […]

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