School is starting soon! And boy, do we have a lot to think about as parents. Homeschool? Remote learning? Private school? School full-time? Depending on the school district you’re in, you might be in the same boat. Whatever choice you make, just know that it’s a hard one! And that you can always change it Read more

One more month of “social distancing” done. How many more to go? It’s sooo hard to say. I’m definitely feeling it this summer. With the boys at home and hardly anywhere to go, it feels much different than last summer. Last summer was lots of trips to the zoo (all the parts!), splash parks, pools Read more

Last month when I published the May 2020 menu plan I said that I had at least 5 more weeks of working from home. Scratch that – more like 10 more weeks to go! My company is taking volunteers to return to work, but I ain’t one of them. They’ve also said that anyone can Read more

Well, I’ve been working from home for 6 weeks now and have at least 5 more weeks to go. I suspect even when we get the “All Clear” to return to work, things will be different. And that makes me kind of sad. It’s been a pretty unique time to go through that’s for sure Read more

When 2020 started, I was NOT expecting this. This = no school. This = working from home. This = little to no extracurricular activities. This = staying at home all.the.time. And, yet, here we are. Nothing we can do except to make the best of it and survive. That is, survive where we have to Read more

Some months fly by. Some months crawl. This has been a flying by month. I mean: March already? The Earth must be moving faster and faster as it’s going by in a blink! The weather has been wonderfully warm lately (well, you know, for the end of February in Nebraska – it’s a relative thing) Read more

Got your flapper gear all ready? Ready for Jazz to make a drastic rise in popularity? Thinking about starting a new job as a bootlegger? What? Well, the 20s are just days away! It’s almost 2020 and sometimes that just blows my mind. Otherwise, I feel every single one of those years. But I want Read more

I’m totally feeling like the holidays are in full swing. Which is odd because, as I write this, Thanksgiving hasn’t even happened yet. But we got our Christmas tree out a couple of weeks earlier than normal this year. We had been hoping to install a bathroom in the unfinished part of our basement, but Read more

Got any meat & potato fans in your house?  This meal is for them! Got any slow cooker fans in your house?  This meal is for them! This is a complete meal.  It’s got meat.  It’s got potatoes.  It’s got vegetables.  Done! Done! Done!  Now, I do usually serve it with some other vegetables, but Read more