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Mongolian Meatballs: how to make a rip-off better than the original Mongolian Meatballs are an easy, under 30 minute meal based on PF Chang’s Mongolian Beef. They are sweet and savory like the original, but use ground beef and are baked instead of fried, making …
Do you want to host a screaming good Halloween Party or simply a great dinner for family and friends? This post is for you. Halloween is on Saturday this year ~ that’s why we can (and should) celebrate big! There’s no point in having a …
There’s no better use for the slow cooker than a comfort meal made with just five (mostly) pantry ingredients. Creamy Crockpot Chicken and Peppers is perfect served on angel hair pasta and you can enjoy the aroma while it cooks all afternoon! This basis for …
Halloween screams onto the scene during the Weekly Menu 10.27.24, so it’s time to prepare. The Weekly Menu 10.27.24 is blessed with Halloween on Thursday, so we need to get prepped for it. I adore Halloween. I’ve been dressing up (off and on) for most …
We’re getting awfully close to fright night – the mighty pumpkin has it’s big day during the Weekly Menu 10.20.24~ Why is the Halloween planning ramping up during the Weekly Menu 10.20.24? It’s National Pumpkin Day on Friday, October 26th, days before the BIG day! …
Tipping our hat to National Chocolate Cupcake Day during the Weekly Menu 10.13.24~ The Weekly Menu 10.13.24 gets a delicious little bump from National Chocolate Cupcake Day, which is actually on Friday, October 18th. We don’t ever need an excuse to have some chocolate, but …
The Weekly Menu 10.06.24 encompasses the first full week of October – let’s dig a little deeper into my favorite month~ I’m so happy that the Weekly Menu 10.06.24 fully ensconces October because I’m positively gleeful that October is finally here. Why, you ask? Well, …
The Weekly Menu 09.29.24 straddles the seasons as we enter into October~ The Weekly Menu 09.29.24 has a little of this and a little of that for the entry into October. It’s not quite cold yet, although that could change at any time. It’s not …
We’re heralding fall during the Weekly Menu 09.22.24! This week signals the official end of summer with the Autumnal Equinox. (Wouldn’t that be a good name for a band?) But what is it, exactly? This is it: the end of summer. The nights are now …
“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.
