Bread Machine Recipe and Other Comfort Food

I don’t know about you, but I have just been carb loading lately.  Cannot get enough bread.  Or potatoes.  And I’m giving in to the urges.  So we dug out our old bread machine and tried a new recipe this week. And I channeled my grandma and made biscuits.  Again. For Meatless Monday I made […]

Pantry Organization

We have done so many household projects this year and now it’s time to do them all over again.  Pantry organization is back in the rotation. It’s hard to stay on top of keeping the pantry organized.  Especially since we are in and out of there all day, every day. It wasn’t in terrible shape, […]

Fall-Themed Backyard Games and Chili

We decided to shake up our normal Sunday routine with a fall-themed backyard games and chili get together.  This is what we came up with for an easy and fun Sunday afternoon. Evite Sending invitations from evite.com is free and easy.  It allows all the invitees to see each other, to respond, to comment, to […]

Reacquainting With the Outdoors

I guess it’s been a slow week around here, because honestly, the big news here is that I am reacquainting myself with the outdoors. The weather is so mild and delightful; I moved my home office to the patio.  We are opening all the doors and windows in the morning to let in the fresh […]

Fall Kitchen Decorations – No Shopping

I am easing into fall around here.  Our temps are still reaching into the 100s during the days, but the days are shorter and it just feels like fall.  So I’m starting to add a few things here and there in my home to mark the season. I am NOT shopping for any new autumn […]

Easing Into Fall

I hope everyone had a nice Labor Day weekend.  We continue to carry on as if it’s summer here and throughout much of the West, but as close as Flagstaff, the weather will be changing.  They will be flirting with freezing night temperatures and my sister, Susie, who lives in Colorado Springs, will get her […]

Visit to Waggin’ Vineyard and Estate

This weekend we celebrated our DF Denisse’s birthday with a visit to Globe, Arizona and Waggin’ Vineyard and Estate.  It was a wonderful day and I want to share it with you. First of all, Globe is far away from our home.  Far.  But, it was worth the drive.  And besides, it’s not like there […]

Things to Celebrate in August

I recently sent an email with a typo.  Yep, I tried to schedule something for 8/1 when we’re already more than halfway through August.  Whoops.  And how did that happen, by the way?  I meant 9/1 on my memo but I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around September.  It seems like a good […]

Summer Life Updates and Recommendations

Phew, for somebody with no life, I have a lot to share on today’s post.  I want to share a few updates on my life this summer and make a couple of recommendations. Renewed Commitment to Exercise I might have mentioned before that I am taking a little respite from running this summer.  The number […]

My Most Loved Kitchen Gadgets

Don’t you just love it when something works the way it’s supposed to?  And it lasts forever?  And you use it on a regular basis – maybe even daily?  Since we’re all spending so much time in the kitchen, and since I am the queen of shortcuts, I thought I would share with you my […]