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A Valentine’s Day Fairytale About Adoption
TweetSharePin3Share14 SharesA Valentine’s Day Fairytale – A Story About Adoption (My adoption) Once upon a time, a long long time ago (1966 to be exact) in a land far far away (Alamaba) lived Marilou and Dick. They had so much love to give and wanted to share that love with a child. As sometimes happens, things did not work out exactly as planned, so they decided to adopt a baby. They went to the Nuns at Catholic Charities to start the process. They explained to the Nuns that they were wanting a healthy, infant that was a boy and they were going to name him Brett… They went back home and waited….…
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6 Soups To Warm You From The Inside Out
TweetSharePin34Share34 SharesThese 6 soups will warm you up from the inside out. Looking For Something Delicious To Warm You Up On A Winter Day? We Have You Covered On a cold winter’s day, there’s nothing better than a delicious, warm bowl of soup to warm you up from the inside out. Below, we have given you the recipe for 6 soups that will definitely give you that warm cozy happy feeling inside. Enjoy!! Homemade Chicken Soup ​This soup is so easy to make. It will taste like you had it cooking all day. Warms the heart & the soul (& the body). ​ ​ Better Than Olive Garden Pasta Fagioli​…
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Life’s Little Instructions
TweetSharePin18Share18 SharesLife’s Little Instructions is a short list of suggestions to help improve your life as well as the lives of others. Sing in the shower. Treat everyone you meet like you would want to be treated. Watch a sunrise at least once this year. Leave the toilet seat in the down position. Never refuse homemade brownies or biscuits. Strive for excellence, not perfection. Plant a tree on your birthday. Learn three clean jokes. Return borrowed vehicles with the gas tank full. Compliment three people every day. Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them. Leave everything a little better than you found it. Keep it simple. Think…
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My Favorite Christmas Story
TweetSharePin3Share3 SharesMy Favorite Christmas Story is a peek into Christmas at my home with my family and the wonderful story that has come out of it. A story that will now be read every Christmas. Like most everyone else, things have been a bit tight for my husband and me this year. This is one of the reasons I asked him for a Christmas gift that was from his heart. Well, he did not disappoint! I slowly opened the last present of Christmas, curious as to what it was. Inside I found a frame with green construction paper inside. My daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and husband all watched on as I…
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Not Finished With Christmas Shopping????? We Got Ya Covered!!
TweetSharePin7Share7 SharesIf y’all are like me, you may not be completely done with your Christmas shopping. For some reason the season has gotten away from me. Well, I am the kind of person that instead of completely breaking down in a heap and crying “woe is me” (ok, I may have lost it for about 5 or 10 minutes) I pick myself up and figure out the solution. Now I am someone that has a lot to prepare for here at home and I really do not have time to run out to the crowded malls. So, I figured since I was going to be last minutes gifts and deals…
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Lemon Cream Mushrooms
TweetSharePin9Share9 SharesThese Lemon Cream Mushrooms are perfect for dinner parties, holiday parties or any special occasion. Easy, Creamy, Decadent and Delicious! The first time I ever had these lemon cream mushrooms was at Thanksgiving dinner at Darleen’s house in Denver. For those that don’t know, she is a very special woman who was previously my Mother-In-Law. We still remain close and I love her dearly. Anyways, these mushrooms absolutely blew me away. I had never tasted anything so delicious. Thankfully, Darleen gave me the recipe and now I am sharing it with you. These really are very easy. When you make the full recipe, you cook them in two batches.…
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The 10 Best Ways To Finish Off The Year
TweetSharePin18Share321 SharesEvery year we most of us sit around making New Year Resolutions. How many of us actually think about the best way to finish off the year? Here are a list of 10 things you can do to finish off the year and prepare for the next. List 10 Accomplishments of the year – It has been a long year of hard work (Ok, so it has actually been the same length as other years but some years just feel longer don’t ya think?) Take a few moments to sit down and list out 10 things that you were able to accomplish this year. Whether it was battling an…
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Rocky Road Candy
TweetSharePin3Share3 SharesRocky Road Candy is loaded with chocolate, peanut butter, marshmallows, and peanuts. What could be better than that? This recipe has been passed down through the generations of our family. Rocky Road Candy is the thing that all of my grown children beg for me to send to them for Christmas. It really is addictive Ha! This is such a simple recipe it’s hard to believe that it is so rich and delicious. In a large pot add the chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and peanut butter. Make sure you are using real semi-sweet chocolate chips. Those imitation ones may be ok for cookies but not for these. (Let’s face…
