Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To give the poor dog a bone; But when she got there The cupboard was attacked by a full bottle of soy sauce That made a big mess and kicked her in the rear. Okay…It wasn’t Mother Hubbard or a cupboard. It was me and my pantry. But, the soy sauce and the big mess are truth! Most days I have to laugh at the universe’s incredible sense of humor and how…
Here is what my June looked like in a picture a day… June is a few hours from being over. We are now halfway through 2017. And we are also closer to Christmas 2017 than Christmas 2016. You have 177 shopping days. The word that comes to mind when I look back at my daily photos from the month and I think about all the experiences that June brought with it is growth. The biggest event during this month is…
No fifty-something year old woman with no children or grandchildren around and who is fairly competent in the kitchen should be making a special trip to the grocery store to buy cream cheese, pretzels, Cool Whip, and Jello, all to be used in the same recipe…and be excited about it. But, this is exactly where I find myself today. I partially blame my Sifted Together blog buddy, Tracey, for this predicament in which I find myself. She gave me a…
It’s been a whirlwind of celebration and good times around our house for the last five days or so. I know how blessed I am to be able to say that as there are so many people in the world who have nothing to celebrate and not much to call good in their lives. My hope is that I’ll never take any of the gifts of this life for granted. A good friend flew in last Thursday to spend a…
My dad was raised by a single mother who grew up during the Depression. From this experience, he learned the importance of hard work and to not waste anything. Dad would save anything and everything and repurpose it. Plastic soda bottles with their bottoms cut off became mini greenhouses over pots containing cuttings that were rooting. He had an unending supply of rubber bands collected from years of morning newspapers. We won’t talk of the many collections that were safely…
My world has always revolved around the academic calendar. I calculate every day and date around the start and finish of my semesters. I know what day of the week it is based on my MW or TR Thursday schedule. For the past several summers, I have taught summer school so my reference points have remained in tact all year long. This summer, however, I am not teaching and I realize that half the time I have no clue what…
I ordered a new pot last week…a four quart dutch oven. I’m not sure why I ordered a new dutch oven other than it was on sale and it is a pretty blue. I don’t have a dutch oven and I make a lot of meals that could be prepared in a dutch oven, but I do have lots of sauce pans and stew pots that have served me quite well up until now, so I could have easily done…
For body, mind, spirit Growth, health, and good condition. In one word, NOURISH. KEB 1/2/16 For a second year, I am participating in Ali Edwards One Little Word project. This project invites you to choose one word that you will work with throughout the year. The word should be one that helps you grow personally and perhaps helps you to reach a goal or goals. I attempted this project last year. My word was Order. Although I did make some progress…
As I mentioned in my post a few days ago, one of the many reasons that I have not been consistent in my writing here is because I am writing two other blogs. I “met” Tracey almost three years ago through the Capture Your 365 community. I say “met” because we have never met in person. In the sharing of our daily photos in the CY365 forum, a connection formed between us. Our communication moved from CY365 public gallery comments…
The proverbial “they” say that we take, not make, time for those things that are truly important to us. I am guilty of saying quite often that I don’t have time for this or that when the reality is that I don’t take the time for those things. Consciously or subconsciously what I am saying with my choices is that those things for which “I don’t have time” are not priorities in my life. When I think about those slighted…