“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” You just started singing that in your head didn’t you? I’m not one to bake cookies very often, but the holidays have me throwing all the rules out the window. One of my absolute favorite cookies to make is the classic ginger snap. This recipe is amazing Read more

Did you know you can make your OWN brown sugar with two simple ingredients? Homemade. Brown. Sugar. I mean….I’ll be real…for far too long I had no clue you could do that. Nor did I realize that those two ingredients have been sitting in my pantry ALL THIS TIME!!! Surely we’ve all felt that crushing Read more

I’m just so thankful that October is almost over. It was a crazy expensive month for us. A new-to-us minivan. A new dishwasher. I had an overnight hospital visit. Some other medical expenses. If you exclude the 3 times that we’ve bought houses, this was probably the most expensive month for us. Gotta admit – Read more

OH MY STARS! I am so, so, so very happy that I stumbled onto this recipe. Listen to me talking like it’s a new recipe that I just found.It isn’t. I’ve had it all along! See, I like chocolate desserts. Well, my husband REALLY likes chocolate desserts. And I bake for a decent sized group Read more

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 Read more

Have you ever forgotten a special day or waited until the last minute to find the perfect gift, only to come up short? Having a small stockpile of no-fail gifts can ensure you never fall short in the gift department again. Whether you’re preparing for unexpected guests during the holidays or buying a few back-up Read more

Homemade chocolate and caramel Rolo cookies – perfect for anytime! “Me like cookies!”  That’s what Cookie Monster used to say when I was a little girl.  Does he still say that?  My kids don’t watch Sesame Street, so I’m not sure.  I have heard that he does now teach that cookies are “sometimes” foods.  But Read more

Disclosure: Post contains affiliate links. All opinions are mine. Kids have gone back to school!  Which means, you made it mama!  You figured out a way to keep them fed during the summer – a hard task for me sometimes.  Now you just have to get a good rhythm of feeding them during the school Read more

Frank Sinatra says: Love and marriage, love and marriage They go together like a horse and carriage This I tell you, brother You can’t have one without the other But, maybe the following is also true: Chocolate and peanut butter, chocolate and peanut butter They go together like a love and marriage This I tell Read more