My friend Sharon was asking a group of folks for a good cookie swap recipe the other day, so I credit the inception of this post to her. :-D. She also asked me if there were any good companies around willing to make a gift delivery, to which, I recommended her a few. I’ve made …
My dear husband took these shots, of the Disabled American Veterans Honor Guard performing the Flag Folding and Presentation ceremony at my Uncle’s funeral. My uncle served during World War II, at the Panama Canal. The Flag Folding and Presentation Ceremony, as well as the 21 Gun Salute, was beautiful, and deeply moving. I cannot …
The Best Christmas Music Ever Free? Free??? Did you say a contest, AND a giveaway??? Yup. It’s the holidays, after all, and with or without the mistletoe, I’m in a holiday mood. If you remember, a few weeks ago I did a post about the Best Christmas Music Ever. (Yeah, OK, it’s my husband’s music, …
Aunt Juanita’s funeral was yesterday. There is, of course, absolutely no way for any description I could write to do this fine woman justice. But I would like to share with you an anecdotal snapshot or two from my aunt’s life. If you read my last blog post, then you know that my uncle A.J. …
I attended the funeral yesterday of a most wonderful man. He was a gentle man, and a gentleman in the true sense of the word: kind, hard-working, a devoted husband, and a loving father. It was the funeral of my Uncle A.J.. He was 89 years old when he passed from this life on the …
Since it’s Thanksgiving tomorrow, and I have a huge day of prep work in front of me today, my thoughts go to cooking, and to thankfulness, and one of the things I’m most thankful for is my adorable daughter has asked twice to help me today with the cooking preparations for tomorrow. Well, I gotta …
First off: a brief update. I didn’t win the blog contest. 🙁 But I DID want to take a moment to THANK YOU, all of you, who voted for me and expressed your support of my little dream. It was a wonderful experience in that it encouraged me to write more, and it encouraged me …
The holiday season is upon us, and I don’t know about you, but I want to be purposeful in how I spend my time this holiday season. I really DO want to make Thanksgiving a time where I actually spend time meditating on the things for which I’m thankful. I really do want to spend …
Well, you do remember when my husband was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for the music he wrote for a promo for the Today Show. Right? He was nominated, but he didn’t win. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our Excellent Emmy Adventure in L.A. We saw the sights, we dressed up, and we had a fantastic time! …
And you thought the first two words of this post were going to be: “….Me Crazy”. No, he’s actually driving! By himself. You can’t sue me, now. You have been warned. Holy cow, how did we get to this place??? Wasn’t it just yesterday I was picking him up out of the crib, and drawing …
And I kind of suspect that my Deacon D. Dawg may be in the October of his life. But seasons are to be celebrated, so today, won’t you celebrate with me a beautiful October in the Boonies, as seen from off the balcony off my husband’s studio? As, I type this, it’s very early, and …
Well, looks like I truly am back in the saddle again, in more ways than one. The school year has begun again, with a vengeance. And we have realized that with all the activities we have said “yes” to, we are going to be behind the wheel of our car, driving, every day of the …
Isn’t that a cool picture? I told my dear husband, the Big Bison, the kind of picture I wanted for this post, and pointed out the microphone I wanted a picture of, and what background from his studio I thought would look cool, but that’s as much credit as I can take. My concept, his …
I feel British Petroleum’s pain. No, seriously, (sorta) I do. Because here in the Boonies, we, too, are in the midst of a massive cleanup effort. It is in the bedroom of one of my dear children. And today, that child is working on the closet. And by faith, I believe this child may someday …
We took this picture in remembrance of Charlie’s Angels. I regret that one of my angel friends had already gone home before this picture was taken. But I thought I would throw in this picture, just for fun, on a blog post that is actually all about food. I remember my vacations by their meals. …