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I love the sights, sounds, smells and feel of spring. Everything is fresh and new again. My old fashioned rose is excited too. It is blooming more and more every day. Memorial Day is this weekend, and just like that … Continue reading →
Source: Easy To Grow, Flower Poem www.FamilyFriendPoems.com I don’t have a lush garden. I live in very dry, West Texas. I do have spots of color and I direct my eyes to those bright spots. I celebrate anything I plant … Continue reading →
Welcome to the new week. If you are a regular here thanks for coming back and if this is your first time, welcome! I hope you enjoy the party. I am settling back from my vacation this weekend (BORING). So, … Continue reading →
I am happy to be co-hosting this blog hop with Savannah from Hammock Tracks and Paula from Call Me PMC. Each week we have a theme. This week we are getting ready for Memorial Day dinner. I was with my daughter last week … Continue reading →
My love for my blog has increased my blog reading addiction. Not only that, but now I have fully committed to the Pinterest bug. Pin! Pin! Pin! There is so much to see, I am afraid I might miss the … Continue reading →
I’m participating in a Good Old Fashioned Recipe Blog Swap! Julie {White Lights on Wednesday}, Kelley {Miss Information} and Rachel {i love my disorganized life} have paired up 30 incredible bloggers to trade blogs for the day. Melissa Williams from Persnickety Plates and I will be sharing … Continue reading →
Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Too many and we thank you. Memorial Day means a cookout around here. Hot dogs and hamburgers just don’t … Continue reading →
Cinnamon and Sugar for this month’s Improv Challenge organized by Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker. When I heard we were using cinnamon and sugar for this month’s improv challenge, I couldn’t decide what to do. When I was a child … Continue reading →
Welcome to the new week. If you are a regular here thanks for coming back and if this is your first time, welcome! I hope you enjoy the party. I have had a great mother’s day weekend. I hope you … Continue reading →
I love the smell of bacon and coffee. I love the taste of bacon, but not coffee. When I was a kid I ran up to my mom and grabbed her glass of iced tea, only to discover it was … Continue reading →
I am happy to be co-hosting this blog hop with Savannah from Hammock Tracks and Paula from Call Me PMC. Each week we have a theme. This week we are getting ready for Mother’s Day dinner. I invented a bacon dish to satisfy … Continue reading →
A childhood memory for the Yahoo Shine Supper Club. I first had this recipe long before I had children. A friend in Austin made this and invited us to dinner. We loved it and it became a staple “go to” … Continue reading →
I know Cinco de Mayo is over but in my kitchen the natural evolution of Tex is Mex. Made apparent by what happened to this dish. I was hungry for a barbecue and didn’t have the time for the rigamarole … Continue reading →
Welcome to the new week. If you are a regular here thanks for coming back and if this is your first time, welcome! I hope you enjoy the party. This weekend I celebrated Cinco de Mayo. Now this is a … Continue reading →
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Now it’s time for a dessert. I don’t think a fiesta is complete without a dessert. I’m making a Cuatro (4) Leches (milks) Chocolate Cake. Before that, I had to give my new tortilla shell bakers … Continue reading →
I am happy to be co-hosting this blog hop with Savannah from Hammock Tracks and Paula from Call Me PMC. Each week we have a theme. This week we are getting ready for Mother’s Day dinner. I am going to let my oldest … Continue reading →
Guest Post by Big Sister My Mom said I could do today’s post to get ready for Saturday dishes which is Mother’s Day Dinner. Here is my problem though, if anyone is within 10 feet of my mother’s kitchen or … Continue reading →
Grilled Pico de Gallo Breakfast Quesadilla Papas con Pico Steak y Pico-see below So, by now we have the pico de gallo figured out. I like it on or with just about anything savory! A fresh grilled steak or chicken … Continue reading →
I’m always looking for a way to save calories. So when I bake a potato I cut it in half. I could eat the whole thing dripping in butter, but I’m really satisfied with half. There is something about a … Continue reading →
Start your Cinco de Mayo off with a bang! Well, a little zip anyway. I decided any day would be a good day to kick off my extended Cinco de Mayo and make a little spice flavored dish with my … Continue reading →
Let’s get this party started! I have several posts for Cinco de Mayo. First, Cinco de Mayo isn’t, as many people think, Mexico’s Independence Day — that takes place on Sept. 16. Secondly, it isn’t even widely celebrated south of … Continue reading →
Welcome to the new week. If you are a regular here thanks for coming back and if this is your first time, welcome! I hope you enjoy the party. We went from a week of sadness and tragedy to one … Continue reading →
Hearts of Compassion Can Equal Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches At church some of the young families, including my daughter, put together a Spring Festival with the theme being Hearts of Compassion. It was fun and turned out to be … Continue reading →
I am happy to be co-hosting this blog hop with Savannah from Hammock Tracks and Paula from Call Me PMC. Each week we have a theme. This week we are sharing our slow cooker recipes. Delicious cooking the easy way! This week I … Continue reading →
Crock Pot Slow Cooker. What do you call it? I call it a Crock Pot. I think that is a brand and probably what I had first. I’ve had a few. The first one I had was very large. When … Continue reading →
I’m about tired of tasteless lettuce from the market. I can’t wait for the lettuce seeds in my garden bowl to grow and I will have some fresh greens. In the meantime, I still needed to come up with something … Continue reading →
Welcome to the new week. If you are a regular here thanks for coming back and if this is your first time, welcome! I hope you enjoy the party. Such a sad and dramatic week last week. It made me … Continue reading →
I am happy to be co-hosting this blog hop with Savannah from Hammock Tracks and Paula from Call Me PMC. Each week we have a theme. This week we are sharing our beef recipes. That’s right. Time to start warming up for Summer … Continue reading →
Where’s the beef? Remember that line from the old Wendy’s commercials on tv? Everybody was saying it. I’m not really sure what that was referring to. But I think it was the little lady who said it that caught our … Continue reading →
“Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.” That is what I taught my Girl Scouts. Some things don’t change. I was privileged enough to be caught up in the fantastic world of Online Blogcon. I … Continue reading →
I adapted these from the Barefoot Contessa’s Banana Crunch Muffins. She is my idol if I were to have one. I love the way her recipes are easy to follow and how effortlessly she appears to prepare even the most … Continue reading →
Welcome to the new week. If you are a regular here thanks for coming back and if this is your first time, welcome! I hope you enjoy the party. I was a little late with the mid-week feature do to … Continue reading →
I am happy to be co-hosting this blog hop with Savannah from Hammock Tracks and Paula from Call Me PMC. Each week we have a theme. This week we are sharing our favorite tart, sweet and tangy lemon dishes. My favorite thing on … Continue reading →
If life gives you lemons, make lemon bread. Or something like that. In this case lemons were presented as the feature for Saturday Dishes so I made Lemon Bread with Blueberries. It needed some color and a twist. Get it? … Continue reading →
From BigSister: It’s grilled cheese month. Two of my favorite things together: Bread and Cheese! I have seen some fabulous ideas from my foodie friends. Accordingly, I had to stretch my imagination. One of my favorite memories is eating Croque … Continue reading →
From MiddleSister: My husband actually picked this recipe to support my healthy eating. Poor thing, the next morning, I found an empty leftover take out pizza box. But, I loved it. The original recipe came from Cooking Light’s Way to … Continue reading →
Welcome to the new week. If you are a regular here thanks for coming back and if this is your first time, welcome! I hope you enjoy the party. Last week’s mid-week feature was from Becca at Crumbs and Chaos: Roasted … Continue reading →
I had these beets I bought at the produce market and could not decide what to do with them. I’m sure I had something I mind when I picked them up. Have you ever done that? I do it all … Continue reading →
I am happy to be co-hosting this blog hop with Savannah from Hammock Tracks and Paula from Call Me PMC. We are happy to welcome Melissa from Melissa’s Cuisine as a guest host this week. Each week we have a theme. This week we … Continue reading →
My dear friend, Debbie, gave me this recipe years ago and it has stood the test of time. She was a school teacher. You know, teachers have the best recipes. You don’t have to wait for Mother’s Day when the … Continue reading →
All the way home from work I was thinking about Mexican food. I never got over in a lane where I could turn into any place to get it to take home. So I had to make my own. For … Continue reading →
This is my first time to participate in the Foodie Pen Pal. It was fun to learn about another blogger and gather some things to send her that were of interest and some things to tell her about the area … Continue reading →
Welcome to the new week. If you are a regular here thanks for coming back and if this is your first time, welcome! I hope you enjoy the party. This week’s mid-week feature was from Bethany at Whistle and Ivy: … Continue reading →
