Mondays suck. Big time. You know what makes Mondays better? Holidays. Since every Monday can’t be a holiday, thank God for macaroni and cheese! See? Doesn’t this look like it would make Monday better? This is a great mac’n cheese for someone who has never made homemade before because there’s no béchamel sauce – you [...]
Feeding a growing family of five on a military budget is often VERY challenging. It never fails that every time Congress sees fit to give us a pay raise my children grow a little more and quickly eat up that raise, literally! With appetites that seem to grow faster than my food budget, I’ve had [...]
Judging by my fair skin and blue eyes, you can probably see I’m not even remotely Italian. I’m Swedish with a little stiff-ass Brit thrown in for good measure – which, between you and me, explains a few things… I don’t remember ever eating Parmesan cheese growing up that didn’t come from a green can, [...]
I was very tempted to make an anti-Valentine’s Day playlist starting off with I Don’t Need a Man by the Pussycat Dolls and closely followed by What the Hell by Avril Lavigne. But that just reeked of bitterness! I got it all out of my system yesterday and am back to my usual sappy romantic [...]
I’m so not into Valentine’s Day this year. I’ve never really been a fan of the holiday anyway, but after getting divorced it feels like a big fat slap in the face. It makes me feel kind of pathetic and lonely truth be told. To make matters worse I have to work all day. In [...]
I’ve really missed blogging. I’ve missed having a place to whine and reflect. I’ve missed the creative outlet. I’ve missed playing around with my camera and trying to master taking photographs of ice cream before it melts. Most of all I have missed my fellow bloggers. I am truly amazed and humbled by how kind [...]
