Simple, From-scratch Family Meals
I would just like to tell everyone that my Mom is awesome. Yep, she's pretty stinking cool. I bet I call her at least twice a day. I'm not sure what I would do without her. Besides her youngest child, she also loves care packages. Every now and then she will send me something in the mail. It's one of the few things I enjoy getting in the mailbox. Yesterday though, Mom ...
Don't you just love sausages? I mean, when was the last time someone offered you a sausage and you said "no"? I can't think of any time. Ever. The problem with sausages, especially Italian sausages and even more especially, really good Italian sausages, is that they are not exactly budget friendly. They are not outrageous by any means, but I find it a little difficult to ...
Ladies and Gentleman. I have seen the blogging promised land. I have chatted with it's leaders. I have hob-nobbed with it's blogging nobles. I have had my eyes opened and my mind widened to all the wonders that blogging can be. And I got some really awesome swag to boot. Day 2 of Atlanta Food Blog Forum was ...awesome. I can't think of a better word than awesome. I ...
The Friday night meet-and-greet for the Atlanta Food Blog Forum was awesome! First, I would like to say that I could live forever in a Viking Cooking Store. Forever. What a great location to have a party. Maybe I'll have the kids' birthday party there. At least I would enjoy it. Second, the people were awesome. I talked to so many bloggers! Indian Simmer, Bread Experience, ...
I'm getting pretty excited about this weekend. The Food Blog Forum is coming up and I'm excited about meeting all of these other bloggers out there. A little nervous too, but mostly excited now. I've got my camera batteries charging, a full tank of gas, and my friend Dawn's GPS ( because I always get lost in downtown Atlanta). Now the only thing left to do is figure out what ...
I'm pretty sure I have told you about everyone in our family. You have met; the kids, my husband, my mother, my Aunt Patsy and you have heard about my grandmothers time and time again. I don't think I have ever told you about our cat, George. George is named after George Costanza ( you know...Seinfeld). We also have another cat Laney ( after Elaine) but I'm mad at ...
The weather has finally changed. The mornings are cool, almost cold and the days are pleasant and breezy. I spent most of the day outside with the kids yesterday and didn't feel hot. Not even once. Ahhhhh.... Of course this is just a teaser. Temperatures will shoot back up to the 90's before you know it, but autumn is just around the corner. I need to start dusting off the ...
The buzz is in the air. I think it has come with the cooler - if 89 degrees can be called "cooler" - temperatures. It's been tweeted, facebooked, and sent around in emails everywhere...football season is nearly here! More so than baseball, football is America's favorite past time. Or maybe I should say eating while watching football is America's favorite past time. There is ...
Now you guys know that I am a big fan of "free" and I figure that if a lowly food blogger is going to really enjoy food blogging life, you have to take advantage of a few of it's perks. As long as they are good ones. So, when Saucy Mama sent me an email a couple months ago asking me to participate in the Saucy Mama Cooking Contest ( there is a $1,000 ...
I've got big plans for today. Big ones I tell you! The kids will be headed off to school for a couple of hours and you know what I am going to do? Clean like a woman possessed. I will be cleaning gunk that has accumulated over the last few months. I will be cleaning things that are impossible to clean while two certain children are home. It's going to be me and my ...
If there is one phrase I hear all the time, it has to be "I would love to cook that, but my kids are such picky eaters". And I have to tell you that "picky eaters" are kind of my hot button issue. I often hold my tongue about my opinions on picky eaters, but I feel today is a good day to let them loose. So, if you are a parent of a picky eater, I apologize if this makes you ...
This past week has been crazy!All week I have been getting ready for the semi-annual kids consignment sale that my Moms of Multiples club puts on twice a year. I spent a very large portion of my time getting all of my kids old clothes, toys, and other child paraphernalia together, cleaned, put on hangers and tagged so that it could be sold all in one day. I also have been ...
I have to say that all in all, this summer has been pretty good. We traveled a little, we visited family, we laughed, we loved, and we ate a lot. But now as summer starts to wind down ( even though the temperatures are still way up), I can tell you with all sincerity... I can't wait until school starts. Oh sure, all you lucky parents with kindergarteners or older have ...
So date night was awesome! We saw some great live music in honer of Piano Red aka "Dr. Feelgood .( that's this guy here) He wrote Mr. Moonlight ( yes, the Beatles covered that) and The Right String but the Wrong Yo-Yo. Not only did we hear some great songs from Terry Adams and Scott Ligon, but we also got to see Piano Red's nurse, that's right - his nurse, bring down the ...
The start of a new school year is upon us and I can't help but think back to when I first left home for college. I had packed everything I thought I needed. Little did I know that I had no idea. None whatsoever. Lucky for me, I had unknowingly been well-prepared. As a child, I was blessed. Blessed with wonderful, intelligent parents who surrounded me and my brother with ...
