Those are the stats for our annual trip to visit family in Texas (we did 486 of those today!). Even in good weather, with no flat tires and everyone old enough to (mostly) not have accidents in the car, that’s still enough to push anyone over the edge and right Read more…
As a parent I expected to receive push-back from our kids about vegetables. I’ve become almost immune to that look of horror when a new veggie shows up at dinner and the kids are all sure they’re going to HATE it. But they try it and, most of the time, Read more…
Five years ago I planted asparagus seeds in our garden, not realizing most people skip this step and just buy shoots. It took a bit of patience and quite of bit of weeding to keep my baby asparagus from being swallowed by grass, but it’s paying off this year! For Read more…
Or eat nachos, tacos and fajitas? Most Americans think May 5th celebrates Mexico’s independence, but it actually celebrates a battle against France 50 years after Mexico had become a nation. The History Channel has a cute, short video explaining why we suddenly stock up on Margarita mix and salsa…and why Read more…
Easter is coming, bringing with it egg hunts, plastic grass…and food! What’s a holiday without a house or church full of people and enough food to feed them 5x over? 🙂 We live hours from our closest family so I’m not used to hosting a lot of people for the Read more…
Quick! It’s 5:30, your day exploded unexpectedly, your brain stopped working 2 hours ago and your family is wondering where dinner is. What do you turn to? This is exactly what happened to several of my clients (and me) a few weeks ago and we admitted these are the nights Read more…