I was upset when some coffee companies switched from the old metal can to plastic containers. How would campers survive with out them? Okay, the new plastic containers have uses as well. Plus, there are still brands putting coffee in cans and industrial size food cans could substitute. I guess camping will still go on. […]
Creativity Runs in the Family?
August 30, 2010 by
My daughter is always doing something creative. She is usually drawing pictures or “blueprints, ” or building something (often from her “blueprint”). Tonight, while I was making chicken and noodles, she was making “Gingerbread Men Sandwiches.” She came up with the idea and executed it totally on her own. I think they were a cute […]
Domestic Diva? Your Thinking of My Sister
August 23, 2010 by
My sister is this crafty, every-kid-in-the-neighborhood welcome, do-it-all kind of mom. To say the least, that is not me. I am so not a domestic diva. Okay, she really isn’t a domestic diva either, but she is a cross between Martha Stewart, June Cleaver, and Oscar Madison (only because her house is not immaculate, thank […]
A Simple Home Cook
August 22, 2010 by
When my mom was mostly living with me after she got very sick toward the end of her life, she was on a restricted diet to try and save her kidney function. My sister had made her up frozen meals for when she lived alone and I had taken some of them to my house […]