I am an avid list maker. I come by it honestly – we're a list-making family. It’s what we do – (though they vary in methodology and rigor). I always have multiple lists going. Sometimes, when my mom and I need to feel productive, we put things on our lists that we are already … Continue reading My Someday List & Oatmeal Raspberry Bars
A couple of years ago when our Social Work program was going through our accreditation reaffirmation we had a dinner with our site visitor. My colleagues, the site visitor, and I met on a rainy weekend evening at Midtown Cafe. I had never been there but had heard it was the "it" place for prestigious … Continue reading Lemon Artichoke Soup
My whole life my mom has reminded me of the golden rule – Do to others as you would have them do to you. Did you grow up with this as a mantra in your life? When I had girl drama with school friends as a teenager, I would be reminded to treat others in … Continue reading Guideposts for Life- applied to Coconut Chocolate Pie
As I have said before, I love a new year, a new calendar, a clean slate. I love to assess, reflect and goal set. So, the end of December/ beginning of January is a time I do some personal reflecting on the year past and the year ahead. I try to evaluate various parts of … Continue reading A New Year: Goal Setting & Sushi-Making
Christmas is over and as much as I love this season, when it is over, I’m ready for it to be cleaned up and put away. We came home yesterday from our tour-o-families for Christmas and hauled in all of our bags, dirty clothes, and gifts as well as the sacks of day-after-Christmas-sale-Target finds. I … Continue reading Post-Christmas Sorting and Repurposing: Peppermint Pattie Brownies
Ruth Williams was my paternal grandmother. She was a classy lady. She did things with style. My mom credits her (her mother-in-law) for teaching her to celebrate the holidays with intentionality and creativity. My grandmother had some great traditions. One of them was what she called "heritage gifts". As they were down-sizing in their … Continue reading A Legacy of Heritage Gifts, Ham Balls, Sand Tarts and Much More
It has been a full week. December is here. It's nearing the end of the academic semester – wrapping up classes and grading and grading and grading. We decorated for Christmas. I did some baking. We went to Knoxville for a quick trip last weekend for me to speak at a Women's Brunch at the … Continue reading Plum Spice Cake & Advent
Dave has been hounding me to post about Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas for some time now. It is one of his very favorite main dishes. The first time we had this was with our friends the Sadlers. They made it for us when we came over for dinner one night when we were newly married. It … Continue reading Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas & Red Rice
Thanksgiving is only a few days away! I love a holiday where we enjoy special food & express Gratitude. A favorite November treat of mine is Gingerbread cookies. My mom often makes these in the shape of little pilgrims for Thanksgiving weekend. The cookie cutters she has are the plastic ones with the detailed … Continue reading Gingerbread Cookies and Gratitude
In the last post I wrote about our love for pumpkin spice everything. Since then, I have been working on making pumpkin spice whoopie pies in my kitchen. My new friend, Hannah, from church, made them for an event in September and we were all wowed by them. Have you ever made Whoopie Pies? I hadn't. … Continue reading Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
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