Isn’t that a cute cake? Foxes are Omega’s favorite animal. She has lots of stuffed foxes, books about foxes, clothes with fox pictures. This cute cake was the latest in decorated cakes from our kitchen. Involve the kids This was supposed to be a sheet cake. Instead, it didn’t come out of the pan neatly. … Read More about Fancy Cakes from a Box! So Easy!
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procrastination, perserverance and piddling: practical advice
Procrastionation is putting off. Perserverance is don’t give in. It is to keep on keeping on. Perfection is the enemy of preserverance. Piddling can be a coping mechanism to avoid, to put off the hard or to allow thoughts to rest or wander. Piddling may be the opposite of self discipline. Sometimes it is actually … Read More about procrastination, perserverance and piddling: practical advice
Falling In Love Chicken Salad
Source I made cranberry muffins and chicken salad this morning. Then I remembered… my story of falling in love started on the … Read More about Falling In Love Chicken Salad
Special Lunch on a Rainy Saturday
It was a dreary rainy Saturday but that didn’t stop us having a wonderful time together. It was a special day to celebrate Mother’s Day but the truth is we get together often but today, this particular day it was just the four of us; my three daughters and me. We dressed up a bit for … Read More about Special Lunch on a Rainy Saturday
Summer Refresh…Our Living Room
Summer refresh of our living room was needed so I added a rug. Actually, it is for all seasons but a few more things were done to make this summer refresh. For weeks I pondered how bring a refresh to our living room. Without costing LOTS of money! What was needed to bring out the … Read More about Summer Refresh…Our Living Room
Saturday Breakfast
Saturday Table with Soup Plates Saturday morning breakfast are a big deal in our house! After a busy week this is often the only time we linger over a meal. When the big kids and their families are here it is a relaxing meal time. It’s more fun for the little ones too. … Read More about Saturday Breakfast
Kentuck Knob…A Frank Lloyd Wright Home
Tucked in a hillside in the Pennsylvania Laurel Highland’s is Kentuck Knob, one of the crown jewel homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, premier American architect. ‘No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier … Read More about Kentuck Knob…A Frank Lloyd Wright Home
Easter Pysanka Ukranian Eggs
I love these beautifully painted wooden eggs. They are called pysanky, the Ukrainian word meaning ‘to write’. I bought them years ago at German flea markets and bazzars when Jim was stationed there plus the family. People from eastern countires were bring handicrafts and other goods across the border after the Berlin Wall collapsed in … Read More about Easter Pysanka Ukranian Eggs
Shrimp & Sprouts
Jessica, the future daughter in law is already a part of our family. Admittedly as the mom of her honey, the relationship is still new and I do not ever want to be the mom in law bloggers write about or the one who is the target or jokes or… I just want a rich … Read More about Shrimp & Sprouts
Whimsical Easter Tree
It’s a Whimsical Easter Tree! Sparkly eggs, rubber duckies and dainty bows of pretty ribbon! our first full sized easter Tree This is a first for our home, to have a full size tree decorated for Easter. Maybe it was the need for comfort and enjoying the fairy lights on our Christmas tree that made … Read More about Whimsical Easter Tree