Have you had too many bugs around your Banana Bowl this summer? About a month ago those fruit flies were about to take over our kitchen! We'd never seen so many! My husband said, "It makes you think they're coming in on the bananas; then hatching out!" Maybe they do? We don't know. But they were pesky and aggravating! By the time Canteloupe was prepared and sliced, the insects covered ...
House & Home
So….I’ve completely forgotten how to bake.
Seriously. Granted, I have done almost no cooking for the past three months, but this cake was a disaster. I wanted to make my husband a cake for his birthday. He's easy. His favorite cake is yellow cake with chocolate frosting. And, he likes it just as well from a box mix and a can of frosting. But, no, I couldn't do that. I had to make it all myself. After months of letting other people ...
Make-It-Yourself Monday: Sweet Pencil Pouch
I was looking for something to make for my daughter's teachers this Valentine's Day and came across this tutorial for a Charmed Pencil Pouch. (Thank you, Pinterest!) The instructions were easy to follow, and the finished result pretty cute...even with my limited sewing skills. It was also a pretty inexpensive project, and we completed it by packing the pouch full with some fun Valentine's ...
Works-for-Me Wednesday: Freezer Cooking
Especially when my mom comes to help! This past weekend, that's just what she did, and my freezer is stocked with ready-to-cook meals, as well as heat-and-eat breakfasts, for the next few months when cooking might prove difficult. I tend to have a LOT of preterm contractions and have ended up on bedrest in the past so this is one thing we did last time around to help keep things going ...