Frigid Weather = Comfort Food (Dessert!)
.....and comfort food includes desserts and sweets too!While most of the country is in a deep freeze, there may be some of you that are still enjoying a balmy 80 degrees. You'll want to turn your oven...
View ArticleValentine Roundup
Today my blogger friend Jemma at at home with Jemma is featuring some ladies from Etsy to show offtheir Valentine's Day treasures.I am one of the blessed ones!Isn't she so sweet to do that? Here is a...
View ArticleMid-Week Musings
Hi! Happy almost Spring!I don't have a set schedule of posting here on my blog so it has been awhile since I visited with you all.So, what have I been up to since my last post?Musing about this and...
View ArticleTri-Color Italian Pasta Salad
Even though this is the view out my windows.......and Spring is no where in sight on this 33 degree day, I have been craving summer foods. I made potato salad and grilled (in the broiler!) sausage this...
View ArticleParlor Reveal - Mini Makeover
Have you ever loved something, like a color, and then suddenly you can't change it fast enough?For me it was my parlor walls, painted 21 years ago to cover up the ugly cherry paneling.I am anxiously...
View ArticleAlmond Joy Cookies??!!
About twice a month I bake goodies for the traveling community theatre for the arts that my husband Frank, son Michael and I run. It is a dessert theatre and I am the coffee and dessert girl!I love...
View ArticleFlowers for My Home - A Review
As much as I look forward to Spring and new growth in the garden and yard, once those flowers bloom, I can only enjoy them in the garden. I can't bring them into my house.I am highly allergic to most...
View ArticleLet the Garage Sales Begin!!
And they have in my area.....It only takes a few good sales to get those "picker junker antique hunter" cells moving again and getting into it full swing for the most wonderful time of the year :-)When...
View ArticleFor You Mom....
From one Mom to another....I celebrate you todayfor all that you dofor all that you areto your family and othersHave a wonderful day!AnnMarie xoxo
View ArticleA Front Door Makeover
Every year I look forward to making a new wreath for my front door. So when I saw a cute sunhat in a catalog I knew what I wanted to do. And it was the incentive I needed to finally paint my front door...
View ArticleJune One Day at a Time
Happy July!Now and then I like to do a one day at a time picture post. It is fun to find an interesting or fun photo to take and post for every day.Enjoy!June 1Today it is dark and dreary. June, are...
View ArticleMy Trip to Canada....for the 4th of July!
It sounds a little un-American, doesn't it? Going to another country during the celebration of the independence of my country?Well, we did it to see the great all American past time.....a baseball...
View ArticleFresh Tomato Garlic Pasta
My sister moved to the Tampa Florida area 22 years ago and one of the first gifts she sent me was this great cookbook.Ya gotta love Junior League cookbooks!I found one of my most favorite dishes to eat...
View ArticleFresh From the Garden....A Closer Look
I have been living vicariously through all the beautiful garden posts and blog parties all summer, not participating in any of them as yet. I have shown bits and pieces of my garden but not the full...
View ArticleI Finally Found THE Peach....A Vintage Pie Recipe
I had been making the same peach pie recipe for over 30 years (ie vintage recipe!). It is from my trusted Betty Crocker cookbook.Then I couldn't find a good peach anymore. After some not so tasty pies...
View ArticleStories From My Etsy Buyers
Every once in a while someone that buys something from my Etsy shop shares with me a story about why they bought it.I love that!Most recently Kayo bought a green glass Sunsweet prune juice jar.This is...
View ArticleHey, What's Up With Blogger??
I have just realized that I have not been getting email notifications for the blogs I follow.Knowing that most of them post frequently, and wondering where they've been, I went into a few from my...
View ArticleHeaven
"The heavens declare the glory of God;the skies proclaim the work of his hands."Psalm 19:1The bridge is closed on the route to take my son to school so we have been taking an alternate route through...
View ArticleBathroom Reveal
So last night I was almost done with my bathroom reveal post with all the before and after pictures in place. I hit enter, obviously in the wrong place, and the whole thing deleted, never to be found...
View ArticleCheddar Apple Bread
There are those foods every Fall, usually comfort foods, that conjure up memories of years past and have become staples in my kitchen.This Cheddar Apple Bread is one of them.I don't know where I got...
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