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“Might I have a bit o’ earth?” I finally got some more veg­gies pop­ping up in my gar­den so here are my first shots of the sea­son: Boomer’s guard­ing it from any crit­ters that might try to sneak into her gar­den. Old­man is try­ing to pick an unripe straw­berry. Sic ‘em Boomer! Uhm…ok, Boomer, lick­ing doesn’t […]

You know those blue-haired ladies at church that rule the potlucks?  This recipe is SO good, they ask me for it all. the. time. *seri­ous eyes* Cream 1 c. sugar and 1 stick of but­ter.Add 3 large mashed banana and 2 well-beaten eggs.Add 1 t. bak­ing soda + 4T hot wat­er­Add 2 c. flourAdd 1/2 c. […]

With the 1980’s styles com­ing back, I want to help all you Millini­u­mis­mists or Gen Zers or what­ever you’re called. Top 10 fash­ion DON’TS of the 80s: 1. Men’s mesh T-shirts — Cover up those nipo­las!!2. Short, tight lycra mini skirts — they put Pretty Woman’s hook­ers to shame!3. Shoul­der pads — wear­ing any­thing that makes […]

  This year we are try­ing our hands out on raised bed gar­dens. We’ve had plenty of expe­ri­ence with the good, old-fashioned reg­u­lar gar­den beds and we had a great crop last year. We’ve been inter­ested in the raised bed’s for awhile but some friends showed us Len’s Raised Bed Gar­dens and we loved the […]

I don’t know about the rest of the US, but Mis­souri is heat­ing up already! We were barely into Spring and the temps were in the 80’s. Which means the boys are already doing the revolving-front-door dance ask­ing, “Got any­thing to cool us off, Mom?” [Ok, so it’s more like…“MOM…We’re dying!!!!”] I would love to […]

Yes­ter­day morn­ing I yelled at my son. He had a baby molar that had broke in two and needed to come out. It had been loose for weeks, but because it was broke it stung when wig­gled. A visit to the den­tist showed that it was prob­a­bly suction-cupped to the gums. I told him he had […]