We watched this movie for the first time last week, and let me just say: we loved it! It's cute, creative and clean. It's also very well made. We especially loved the way Ramona's imagination was worked into the film...so fun! When I say "we" loved it...I mean we all did. My husband. My daughter. Myself. My sisters. It was fun for everyone. Here are a few of my favorite things about ...
Make-It-Yourself Monday: Sweet Potato Fries
Need a quick, easy and healthy side dish this week? Try these simple sweet potato fries. They prove that sweet potatoes can do more than casseroles. I usually serve them with sandwiches or burgers, but sometimes, we just eat them all by themselves. Here's what you do: Take a few sweet potatoes and wash them really well. (You can peel them if you like, but I like the extra crunch the ...
Tuesday’s Tip: Hot Tea
It's the week after Christmas, and I find myself completely conquered by a cold. I don't know what is more to blame: the extreme weather changes we've had the past week (only in Mississippi is it nearly 80 degrees one day and below 30 the next) or the fact that every house I've been in (except mine) has had spruce, pine or fir in every room. But, whatever the cause, I have succumbed. Problem ...
Christmas Cookie Creations
Every year, my mom would make sugar cookies, and all our little hands would help cut out the stars, Santas, stockings, trees and bells then we would eat half of them as we worked to cover them in glazes of pale pink and green. Why pink? Well, mom never bothered to put enough red food coloring in to make the glaze dark. (I always thought she probably figured that in the time it took to make a ...