A life of whimsey

Jun 20, 20131 min read

Welcoming a New Baby to the Family

We have actually welcomed three new babies to the family but since two are far away, I’m just waiting for a few more pictures to be...

Nov 2, 20122 min read

An Even Better Recovery Nest Than The Last One!

I had a nice little recovery nest after the last surgery. But this time my recovery will take quite a bit longer, so of course my little...

Aug 30, 20112 min read

Blog Worthy Activity

So I spent a good part of last week reading. Wednesday I read two of Francine Rivers’ newest books. ‘Her Mother’s Hope’ and ‘Her...

Mar 17, 20112 min read

Farmer’s Markets

I promised Tamara that I would be posting today and I’ve been out so much that I hadn’t had time to sit with the computer. This evening...

Feb 9, 20111 min read

Making Jam In The Middle Of Winter

I made many, many jars of jam last summer. Peach raspberry, blue ribbon strawberry, vanilla bean strawberry (too runny) and low sugar...

Aug 3, 20102 min read

Good Food

It’s odd really, how we can forget what truly good food tastes like. You’ll be eating bacon and eggs and remark in passing that somehow...

Jan 26, 20101 min read

Homemade Butter

So in the interests of trying something new with food I decided to make butter yesterday. Ev has done it a few times with her girls and...

Jan 7, 20102 min read

Pizza

I have been trying very hard to use up all the food in my refrigerator rather than allowing science experiments to develop. I had what I...

Oct 15, 20082 min read

Adventures in Canning

In case any of you were wondering what I forgot to put in the double layer chocolate cake I was making for Thanksgiving it was. . ....

Oct 10, 20081 min read

Canning

My mom’s coming over soon and we hope to spend the day canning quarts and quarts of Brin’s (http://messythrillinglife.blogspot.com/...