Smart Menus. Easy Recipes, Mom-Level Hacks
Memorial Day Celebration includes a menu for the most solemn of the Red White and Blue Holidays of the summer. Memorial Day (or Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring persons who have died while serving in the …
While White Chocolate Red Velvet Blueberry Trifle Sounds Patriotic (and delicious) it needs a little help looking patriotic. Can we all agree that blueberries are, in fact, a beautiful deep purple? We’ve got you covered. These patriotic sprinkles (affiliate link) are not only darling, they …
Conquer the barbecue with Easy Grilled Jambalaya! One of my most favorite places in the whole world is New Orleans, Louisiana. The atmosphere has to be experienced to be believed, and the music, drinking, French Quarter and FOOD! should be on everyone’s bucket list. Pat …
We’re making milk the star during the Weekly Menu 05.31.26~ National Dairy Month gets it start during the Weekly Menu 05.31.26: June is IT, and includes World Milk Day, National Cheese Day, and National Chocolate Ice Cream Day all in the first week! We’re long-time …
Honoring American heroes during the Weekly Menu 05.24.26 We’re honoring the American heroes who gave all during the Weekly Menu 05.24.26. Memorial Day is here! “We are not here to mourn the dead but to praise them.” — Original Memorial Day Proclamation We’re honoring the …
We’re going nuts for walnuts during the Weekly Menu 05.17.26~ We’ve got an abundance of walnuts on the Weekly Menu 05.17.26 because we love walnuts. And Bert may have bought another bag o’ nuts the last time he was at Sam’s. Serendipitously, Sunday is World …
Honoring Mama in all iterations during the Weekly Menu 05.10.26~ Mother’s Day kicks off the Weekly Menu 05.10.26, so we’ve got a shout-out to everyone who embodies that role in any way. Being a Mom is my most favorite job. Ever. I detail it in …
CINCO DE MAYO SAYS HOLA DURING THE WEEKLY MENU 05.03.26! The Weekly Menu 05.03.26 includes the ever-popular Cinco de Mayo! Around here, Mexican food vies with Italian food as the family favorite. Certainly, it takes the lead in late-night eating. (Shout out to Taco Bell!) …
Weekly Menu 04.26.26: Let’s get twisted – it’s Pretzel Day 🥨 We’ve got a couple of pretzel dishes on tap during the Weekly Menu 04.26.26 – in addition to the everyday noshing we do with pretzels around here. Hard pretzels, peanut butter-stuffed pretzels, pretzels in …
“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.
