Menus, recipes and tips to make every day your best day
Homemade or not? Fool everyone with Strawberry Lemonade! If you make it at home, it’s homemade, right? This downright sweet concoction is made with TWO INGREDIENTS. It’s ridiculously sweet and tart and very, very pretty. What it’s not? Homemade. I’m not going to try and …
Because the most important holy day of the Christian calendar doesn’t get nearly as much love as Christmas, an eclectic crowd can be pulled together from family, friends, and even co-workers to make this your best Easter Dinner ever. Ask around to see who isn’t …
How to make dinner colorful: Sweet and Spicy Carrots! Sweet and Spicy Carrots take your meal from the mundane to the colorful! Carrots are so under appreciated. They’re cheap, good for you and super colorful. What’s not to love? The carrot (Daucus carota) is a …
Crunching through the Weekly Menu 03.23.25 is the only way to go! Where is the crunch coming from on the Weekly Menu 03.23.25? Potato Chips! Turns out that National Chip and Dip Day is this week. And since potato chips are near the top of …
We’re busting myths of the Irish variety during the Weekly Menu 03.16.25~ You know why we’re eating Irish-based foods during the Weekly Menu 03.26.25: Saint Patrick’s Day is here again! This annual harbinger of spring is a fabulous time to celebrate the awesome Irish and …
We’re eyeing up the Ides of March during the Weekly Menu 03.09.25~ The Ides of March closes out the Weekly Menu 03.09.25 ~ but what does that mean, exactly? The Ides of March (/aɪdz/; Latin: Idus Martiae, Medieval Latin: Idus Martii)[1] is the day on the Roman calendar marked as the Idus, roughly the midpoint …
During the Weekly Menu 03.02.25, we’re prepping for Lent with a party and delish meatless dinners! Our Weekly Menu 03.02.25 (finally) has Lent showing up. It’s almost the latest it can be~ How is Lent calculated? Originally Lent wasn’t always 40 days, as it first …
Dinner should be as effortless as a hot-air balloon ride—float through the Weekly Menu 02.23.25! We’re up, up, and away. WHY are there hot-air balloons on the Weekly Menu 02.23.25? Honestly? I liked the picture. Then I looked into it further and got information about …
We’ve got permission to celebrate during the Weekly Menu 02.16.25~ and it’s Tequila-based! Drum roll, please: National Margarita Day shows up during the Weekly Menu 02.16.25. Yippee!! I told you it was huge! I’m just going to say it one more time: I love tequila. …
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Elizabeth Stone
The job I enjoy more than any other is that of being a mother of three sons. I’m sure girl babies would have been fabulous too, but the boys. Ah the boys. The fights. The smell. The fart jokes. The giggles about words that should be innocuous. The sports watching. The sports playing. The sports knowledge. The swagger. The dirt. And the cuddles. My Lord, the cuddles. How could anything possibly be better than the smell of our baby boy’s breath?
Then they grew and grew. At each point I wondered how could anything be better than this? And they grew even more and matured and it was. Better every moment, every day. There was and is a constant stream of change, and we get to experience the absolute joy and absolute heartbreak of seeing them becoming their own men. How did that even happen?
We have truly been gifted with the very presence of these boy/men: unbelievably smart, loving, kind, funny, happy. Even when they are away from home, learning to live their own lives, we are enthusiastic observers and happy participants in the big decisions and frustrating occurrences they share with us.
I read years ago that becoming a mother meant forever having your heart go walking around outside your body. A small price, really, for the unbelievable joy that being a Mom has brought.
