I’ve probably written it a thousand times here on the blog, but to feed my boy is to love my boys. And so, for the last two weeks John is home I am making alllll of his favorites. He started a note on his phone earlier this year, so it was quite easy to come… Read More
I absolutely love any kind of puzzle or game. Put them in the form of a murder mystery and I’m even more excited. I’ve slowly been working my way through Murdle this year! I only allow myself to do one puzzle each day, or I’d burn through it in no time flat. I took off… Read More
One of my travel besties and fellow book nerds sent me 11/22/63 by Stephen King as a surprise on my door step a few months back. She had told me time and again that it was one of her all time favorites and when I never picked it up, she sent it to me :-)… Read More
One of my “lazy mom supper” standbys is spaghetti and meatballs. But, the secret sauce is to use all Rao’s ingredients. I start with a box of the frozen Rao’s meatballs and sauce. To make it go further, I add an extra jar of Rao’s sauce. And, I use the Rao’s spaghetti as well. There… Read More
I’ve shared here that every year I print out 300 4×6″ prints and slide them into an album. I love knowing that I have real photographs of our most special memories. Well, at the very beginning of senior year I figured out quickly that I was going to need all sorts of pictures of John,… Read More
I was a wee bit scared John would not be pleased to open his yearbook to find a full page tribute. But you only graduate once, right?! And my motto through this season of life has been to celebrate everything to the fullest. I was so glad we took his senior photos last summer, as… Read More
This watermelon cosmopolitan is a bit labor intensive as you have to cut, blend and strain a watermelon to get to all that wonderful juice. That said, if you have a long holiday weekend like I did, it is a delicious, light and refreshing spin on a cosmo! Since there are just two of us… Read More