Better than takeout, or Digorno or anything

Last night was Pizza Night in our house, a frequent occurance. Pizza Night is simple with the right ingredients. For ease, I keep on hand Boboli pizza crust and sauce. Yes, it’s not as good as scratch, and I tell you, I DO make a mean scratch pizza crust, but that takes foresight and planning [...]

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All good things must come to an end

First and foremost, I would love to tell you all that we are having a whopper of a thunderstorm. Maybe it’s not the wildest news to cross the wire, but it’s November 28th in Minnesota, and we have vivid purple lightning, cracks of booming thunder and pouring rain. Come live here for 42 years and [...]

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Let’s just skip straight to dessert, shall we??

Because, really….isn’t that the one thing everyone looks forward to? In our house, dessert is the carrot on a stick to get my two brothers and my son to quit goofing around at top volume and omit the ear shattering hollers from whatever they are doing. It’s nice to know that I can crack my [...]

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WCB #77- Cats in the Kitchen

It’s Weekend Cat Blogging again…..again!!! What happened to last week??? Oh yeah….that holiday thing. Everyone have a good time??
I imagine with all cats that open cupboards are simply too irresistible to ignore. In rearranging a few things in my kitchen yesterday, Bustopher and Harmon simply could not help from “inspecting” the interior of a cupboard [...]

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Between two meals

Ok, so I know that I said I probably wouldn’t post before Sunday, but then this amazing dish was created and eaten yesterday that I just HAD to talk about before it became a distant and glowing ember of a memory. Yes, it was MINE!
I signed up to bring the sweet potatoes to yesterday’s dinner [...]

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Today I am thankful for…..

so many things, but here’s a few.
I am thankful that each morning I can see the sunrise, feel my husband’s embrace and touch my child’s hair. I am blessed to have such a great family, as small as it is, it’s my life. I am thankful for my wacky brothers and sisters. I love them [...]

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Pre-Thanksgiving

Yep….it’s this week, the start of the holiday season and the big feast of all feasts. I am really excited to see what all the food bloggers write about and who does what. It’s going to be great!
I don’t get really fancy for my Thanksgiving dinner. My family kinda likes their grub as basic as [...]

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WCB#76- Animal Capers

Despite the cold weather, Bustopher still likes to go outside. We put rugs by the doors so he can at least keep his rump off the cold concrete, but he ventures off anyway.
Before he left one morning on his ‘daily rounds’ of the neighborhood, he tried to hide behind a bush outside the window. He [...]

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A few of my favorite things….

(my apologies in advance for how this post looks…I had a dickens of a time editing my cut and paste recipes and despite 20 minutes of going back and forth with it, it still looks all wonky and weird….I am most apologetic)
This time of year, cooking and baking gets ramped up as we head into [...]

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Wine Class- Week 12. Sparklers galore!

I have four more weeks of this wine class and find I am feeling really sad that it is going to end. There is just nothing like bonding with 20 other people from all walks of life by sitting and drinking wine for 4 hours each week.
Last night we sampled Sparkling Wines and Champagne. Be [...]

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