In the wonderful, lazy days between Christmas and New Years, we were thrilled to have my cousin and her family visit us in Atlanta! I have a very, very small family and only two cousins in the world – Anne and and John. (My kids only have two cousins as well.) I love any chance… Read More
We are three months in on John’s braces and the bottom set will go on next week. He has taken it like a champ, unlike his mom decades ago. Ha! He usually doesn’t ask for or require any special treatment on “adjustment” day, but I will take any chance I can get to baby my… Read More
My ZTA big sis is and always has been an excellent cook. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad meal, snack, or cocktail at her house or from her kitchen in the 25 years I’ve known her. We used to be neighbors years ago, and that was ahhh-mazing for me. Haha! Anyway, she shared… Read More
Happy 2019!! We spent the first day of this brand new year doing nothing too exciting. The highlight of our day was our traditional January 1st feast. This was our 16th year making this meal, and I finally honed all of the recipes to perfection last year. Ha! Our menu includes pork, hoppin john, greens,… Read More
After gifts were open and breakfast was finished, I helped garnish the pound cake that mother made on Christmas Eve for our Christmas day feast, as we love to call it. You can find my very favorite Lemon Coconut pound cake recipe in this post. It turns out beautifully every time! I sugared cranberries and… Read More
For this year’s neighbor gifts I made both sweet and salty Chex mixes at different times in the last couple of weeks. Daddy O’s Original Chex Party Mix (v4) Since Daddy-O makes us big bags of his special mix every year, I’ve never made it myself. We had a bowl or two and bagged the… Read More
I’ve shared a few banana bread recipes here on the blog over the years. Throw all of those away because this one from Magnolia Table is the last one you will ever need! I think there are a couple of key things here…. lots of real butter, FOUR whole bananas and the granulated sugar sprinkled on top. … Read More