Smart Menus. Easy Recipes, Mom-Level Hacks
In French, it’s Chicken Cordon Bleu, but this grilled take on the classic is All American. A cordon bleu or schnitzel cordon bleu is a dish of meat wrapped around cheese (or with cheese filling), then breaded and pan-fried or deep-fried. Veal or pork cordon …
Celebrate with this super easy Summer Happy Hour Menu~ Although it felt like it would never happen, it’s finally Summer! It’s the perfect time of the year to get together a couple friends on the patio or balcony and have a drink to celebrate. Summer …
Do you remember the Seinfeld episode where Elaine had to have the BIG SALAD and George complained about paying for it the entire time? This salad would have made both of them happy. Making a dinner salad at home is so much more cost effective …
Summer is moving quickly, so we’re planning a family favorite outing during the Weekly Menu 08.09.26~ WHAT regional fave are we honoring during the Weekly Menu 08.09.26? I’ve waxed poetic about it here before, but I’ve updated the pictures to bring it up to date. …
We’re celebrating HUGE during the Weekly Menu 08.02.26~ and we’ve got fast and easy meals to see us through. What are we celebrating during the Weekly Menu 08.02.26? Bert’s birthday! It’s a milestone day, but I’m not going to mention which one. But it’s big. …
Our favorite Super-Hero is feted on the Weekly Menu 07.26.26 National Spiderman day occurs during the Weekly Menu 07.26.26! Sure, the “holiday” that takes place on Saturday, August 1st, is one manufactured by Marvel. (There’s a shock, huh?) But they suggest several excellent ways to …
National Ice Cream Day is here again during the Weekly Menu 07.19.26! The Weekly Menu 07.19.26 gives us an excuse of the best kind: National Ice Cream Day is on July 21st! We lean heavily towards scooped ice cream around home, although there is always …
The Weekly Menu 07.12.24 continues to pay homage to National Grilling Month. Every week during the summer is grilling time around beautiful Erieland, and our Weekly Menu 07.12.26 is no exception. Our home is blessed with an exceptional griller: Bert never disappoints when he is …
Weekly Menu 07.05.26 says nope to bones and yes to chicken patties~ The Weekly Menu 07.05.26 is bringing fried chicken vibes without the bones! It’s National Fried Chicken Day this week, and we love fried chicken. We just don’t like it with the bones 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.
