Seriously? The year is almost 1/2 over? That's CRAZY! I've heard it said "The days are long, but the years are short." Sometimes I think they're lying: the years are not THAT short. And yet, here I am: looking right into the eyes of June already. Crazy! School year is done. Summer activities are starting Continue Reading...

Do you do May Day? For us, it's the practice of making up a little gift of food, leaving it on the door step of our neighbors, ringing the doorbell and hiding. We don't do anything overly fancy - usually it's just a cup of popcorn with some other little candies mixed in. We'll make Continue Reading...

It's weird what can remind us to do something, isn't it? For me and menu planning, it's my husband's paycheck. He gets paid once a month - on the last business day of the month. And, it never seems to fail, that towards the end of the month, I start to think "Hey, when does Continue Reading...

March is here! I desperately want it to get rid of this snow and ice. I really hope it's true that "March is in like a Loin, out like a Lamb". I want the Lamb Days to be here! These snowy days aren't so bad, if I'm honest. My family loves playing out in the Continue Reading...

Dear Groundhog, If you give me 6 more weeks of winter, I'm never speaking to you again.  Hmphf. Sincerely, Jayme I wish I had control over the Groundhog and how many more weeks of winter we're going to have.  Here in Omaha, it is COLD!  Really, really, really cold.  So very cold.  Makes me want Continue Reading...

Happy New Year!  Let's ring in 2019!  Are you ready?  Are you excited?  Are big things planned for you and yours in 2019? 2018 was an ... interesting ... year for my family. I went to Hawaii.  Twice.  Kind of. (Long story on why it's just "kind of" twice). We had a 1st grader, a Continue Reading...