Do you grow a winter garden? I didn’t use to, but I do now! Here in our Arizona climate, winter is the perfect time to grow lots of lettuce, sugar snap peas, Swiss chard, onions…but I’m getting ahead of myself. I just get so excited when all these green things
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Brrrrr! It’s a little bit cold out, and I love it! I get so excited when I can throw on a cozy sweatshirt and long pants all day, without sweltering nearly to death! And my collection of socks! I love to wear them, yet much of the year it’s too
Today, Chickaletta and her sisters got some much-needed attention! Of course, these backyard beauties are mostly self-sufficient, from a day-to-day aspect, but they do need my care and attention from time to time! If you’re curious about how I maintain a clean, safe, productive environment for our fine-feathered ladies, you’ve
Where are all my smoothie people? Being raised in Southern California, we had smoothies all the time because the weather (and the abundance of produce) was almost always right for them! Strawberry smoothies, blueberry-mango smoothies, smoothies with protein, smoothies with blue algae…you name it, we tried it! Some people don’t
When I was a little girl, I looked forward to Thanksgiving every year. Of course, I loved the family part, but there was one thing about the meal that was always the fondest item (at least to me!). Funny enough, my favorite part of the meal was never the super
Most weeks, I participate in a produce co-op that I love. We order at the beginning of the week, and the produce baskets are ready to take home on Saturdays. The produce is always fresh and tasty, and the really fun part is that we never know what we will
Do you have good neighbors? We do! In fact, we are lucky enough to have a whole neighborhood full of great people! I know, that’s a rare find, and we are so grateful. We also have something else unique! We have this system where we give away and trade things
Preparation. Preparing. Some people call it “prepping.” Whatever you call it, it’s important in almost everything you’ll ever do in life, right? Test, job interview, or promotion coming up? Gotta gather materials and study them prior to the date to be prepared! Making a cake? Gotta buy the ingredients beforehand
With all of the recipes floating out there on the web, how do we know which ones are good? The truth is, I guess we don’t. Sometimes you can gather all the ingredients, follow all the instructions, and it still doesn’t come out well. It’s sooooo disappointing! I’ve been been
The scratchy throat. The chills. The nose that is running like a faucet…I call it “galloping,” even. The complete lack of energy. Yep. The common cold. It happens to everyone at one time or another, but when it turns its gnashing teeth to the MAMA, it’s an even bigger bummer!