Thanks for coming by to leave your awesome ideas, recipes and projects! I’m putting this together Wednesday evening since we’ve been called out of town to the Big City on the East end of the state on Thursday and Friday, back to our middle sized Hometown in the middle of the state, then the Little […]
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Cheesy Beef Stromboli
Hearty. Cheesy delicious. Filling finger food. Meal in a crust. You’ll love Cheesy Beef Stromboli. Plus it is quick and easy! Just beef and cheese – no tomato sauce. Each sentence: one more word than the last. Now it is time to talk about the food! 🙂 Brown the beef and let it cool. Unless you […]
Busy Monday 329
Made a quick trip to the farmer’s market yesterday morning and came home with food sensory overload. One booth has the best angel food cake, another has wonderful local honey, big sun ripened slicing tomatoes and fresh cut rhubarb at another, green beans here and fragrant melons there. Others have fresh eggs, hot peppers, jams […]
Busy Monday 310
Rocky the Cat has been under the weather for several days — not eating, not drinking, not racing through the house from the front window table to the chair at the back window, not begging for treats and a few other — umm, not good — symptoms. So we took him to the vet for […]
Rocky’s Year End Review
I joined the Vance household at the beginning of the New Year when I was just a handful. The last humans I knew left me behind when they moved. A nice man rescued me and found the Vances via facebook. I was so hungry I ate and ate and ate for days. And hid a […]
Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle Pancake Mix
Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle Pancakes — a welcome gift and a delicious breakfast. Or a great brinner — you know, breakfast for dinner. Light and fluffy pancakes with just the right amount of chocolate and a hint of spice to life them from the ordinary. So good!! To make a Gift in a Jar, use a […]




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!