After baking the Hershey's Chocolate Cake yesterday (actually I baked two), today I need to make frosting. The birthday boy asked for a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, and he also asked for a … [Read more...]
Home
After more than 500 miles and 9 hours of driving yesterday, we finally pulled into our own driveway late in the afternoon. We had a great trip in Gulf Shores with the kids, but it felt good to see the … [Read more...]
Grilled Sriracha Burgers
Daniel spiced up dinner the last night of our vacation in Gulf Shores with some grilled sriracha burgers. He used dried minced onion, soy sauce, salt, pepper, and sriracha hot chili sauce in the … [Read more...]
The Dolphin Cruise
The Gulf Shores family outing today was the Dolphin Cruise. We all decided to go, and we had the first cruise time, so we had to get up, eat breakfast, and get down to the dock early.Tiffany and … [Read more...]
Blue and Gold Potatoes
Being on vacation with family this week has given me a lot of help with the cooking. Daniel and Tiffany brought potatoes with them that they had grown in their square foot garden at home in Tennessee. … [Read more...]
Guacamole
My son Daniel and his sweet wife Tiffany are on vacation with us in Gulf Shores this week. They went to the grocery store with me today and helped me decide what we would be cooking today. Tiffany has … [Read more...]
Are We There Yet?
We started our Saturday morning early. I got up at 4:00 a.m. so we could be at Landon's house by 5:00 this morning. We were taking a family vacation to the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, so we wanted … [Read more...]
From Tennessee to Oklahoma
My nephew Justin and his family are making a long distance move. They left Tennessee on Wednesday on their way to a new job and and a new house in Oklahoma. Fortunately, they had to pass through … [Read more...]
A Packed Weekend
I don't think one more thing could have been packed into my weekend. We started Saturday morning at the 22nd annual Texas Blueberry Festival in Nacogdoches. We were part of a crowd of about 19,000 … [Read more...]
Girlfriends
I have a group of friends that I eat out with on a regular basis. We meet every 3 or 4 weeks for dinner, or occasionally lunch. There are four of us in the group who are constants. We exchange books … [Read more...]
