April is almost here! No fooling about that. I ain’t joking — April IS almost here. Time to plan for it! For us, April is where I start notice that our schedule is starting to ramp up in activity level. It’s looking to be calmer than May will be, but busier than March was. Two Read more
Time marches on. Well, it must as we’re already talking about March and what to eat this month. Craziness! I, for one, am excited to see if “In Like A Lion And Out Like A Lamb” is true of this month. It seems that lately I’ve been thinking “Man, this is soup weather!” And as Read more
I don’t know how long the slow cooker has been around, but it’s been treasured appliance by many a cook over the decades. Its ability to take food, cook it for long periods of time without using your stove or oven space is wonderful! It’s an appliance that I use often – at least 3-4 Read more
Hello February! Glad to see you! We’ve had such a strange January with really cold weather one day and pretty darn mild weather the next. I don’t know what February will bring weather wise, but I hope it isn’t any more of the -40 degree wind chill days. I can certainly do without those! But Read more
Have you read the story about the gal who lost 125 pounds by using the Instant Pot? Now, she did a lot of other stuff too – it wasn’t ONLY about the Instant Pot, but the main takeaway is that the Instant Pot made it significantly easier for her to cook at home instead of Read more
2018! Almost time to ring in the New Year again! As I write this, the weather has been weirdly warm and not at all snowy, so it’s hard to believe we’re in the winter season, much less approaching the new year. I’m sure that will change – us Nebraskans can’t go a whole winter without Read more
Here we are – staring down the barrel at the end of the year! Which means it’ll be time to think about New Year’s Resolutions soon (if you’re into that kind of thing). If this year is like last year, I’ll likely have 1 resolution: de-clutter! There’s just something about the craziness of the holidays Read more
Wow — here we are in November already! Sometimes, I think time is just crawling by and sometimes, it just flies by! For us, these past months have been flying by. As our kids are getting older, they’re involved in activities that are starting to fill our evenings and weekends. We aren’t gone every night Read more
It’s October! But here in Nebraska, it’s been freakishly warm, so it sure doesn’t feel like it, does it? I want the cooler weather! I want all those Pumpkin spice drinks and desserts to make sense. But never fear, cold weather will get here. It just can’t stay away that long! But it also means Read more
Labor Day. Football games. AppleJack Festival in Nebraska City. New shows on network TV. Return of The Voice. These are the things that I’m looking forward to in September. How about you? Now that our oldest has started Kindergarten, our second born has started Pre-school and all kids are sleeping through the night, I’m also Read more