Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese Muffins

Squash season is here and I’ve been busy cooking and freezing batches for soup later this winter.  But when I saw Joy Bauer’s recipe for Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese Muffins, it called my name.  I used a batch of squash for this recipe. I think it is basically the same recipe I made last […]

Kitchen Bar Stools

The time came to say goodbye to our kitchen bar stools.  It was another hard parting, much like the dining room we recently changed. Our old counter-height stools were the perfect height, the perfect foot rest, perfect match with the kitchen dining set. But.  They were old.  And apparently not made to last.  The seat […]

Earthing

Have you heard of Earthing – the process of grounding the human body and its purported health benefits?  On a recent podcast I heard, a woman said that she bought a grounding pad and it eliminated her joint pain and helped her sleep through the night.  Sign me up! I have heard the benefits of […]

New Paint in the Home Office and Guest Room

It seems like not a week can go by that we (mainly meaning John) are doing another project.  I mentioned that I needed a little more color in my home office and John said he could paint it himself.  The reason that seems doable is that we have 12 foot ceilings and transom windows throughout […]