A delightful unexpected short, short visit from Nate the Great and his people today as they passed through our city! He’s excited about summertime and his plans for science and kid college and other good things. He’s decided that playing drums hurts your hands but trumpet might be fun or maybe saxophone. Only eight more […]
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This week was an overnight trip to the Big City for Wheel’s final checkup on the last heart procedure. Been a long haul, but everything is doing what it is supposed to. Yay!!!! Thank you for making the trip over to share your awesome posts!! Featured from last week: Flour on My Face – Citrus […]
Easy Baked Ziti
Baked Ziti is one of those classic, “everybody makes this dish” – but I never did until I saw this super simple recipe. You can add herbs of your choice, if you like. Add some Italian seasoning if you want. Or not. I used ready made spaghetti sauce with basil and garlic, and with the […]
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What’s that sound? The sound of silence. The wind stopped!!!!!! It’s nice to stand up straight and stay in one spot. And it rained — not enough to break the drought but enough to make grass turn green. All is right and good with the world. However, there is tomorrow. We could get torrents of […]
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30 degrees on Tuesday and 90 degrees on Saturday. Whiplash! Add wind gusts 30- 70 mph — slapstick stuff. Beautiful sunshine suckered me into a walk. My feet were moving quickly while bending horizontal to the sidewalk with wind whipping from behind. Wind abruptly changed direction and I ended up setting on the curb. Tried […]
Crispy Candy Easter Baskets
Our Easter dinner had three attendees – Wheels, Bytes and me. That was okay. We had celebrated a couple of weeks before with a big egg hunt for the littles and a potluck for thirty –ish people at my sister Bee’s home. For our dinner, I planned ham – but glazed ham balls instead of […]
Welcome! I’m Charlene. I love to share quick and easy recipes, whatever I’ve learned in our last DIY project – anything that helps make life easier, better and more fun!! I hope you will find inspiration and add a pinch of joy to your day!