Do you have big plans for Valentine’s Day? We’re going low-key this year. Since the kids are getting bigger and have some sense of the meaning behind this day, I plan on making them a homemade card to remind them how much we love them. And include lovey-dovey words that…
“I can resist anything except temptation.” Oscar Wilde As an English major in college and an English teacher these past 12 years, I have read my fair share of great classic literature. Oscar Wilde wrote my favorite play, The Importance of Being Earnest, and if you have not read it,…
To me, fall always brings on a sense of warmth and comfort. Cozy fires, warm apple-cider, family gatherings. In this post, I thought I’d share with you my top 1o favorite fall recipes. And at the end of the post are some of my other favorite fall recipes from blogs…
How was your Labor Day? Mine was fabulous. We hung out with friends and enjoyed lots of good food and laughter. Perfect for a celebration at the end of summer. Labor Day is always bittersweet for me. Being a teacher, it’s the start of the new school year, but I also…
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies have always been one of my favorite desserts. Growing up, my mom used to make these often and I loved having them in my brown bag lunch at school. It was a small, loving gesture, but none the less, it made me happy (even when I was jealous of…
I like to think I’m Irish. I look enough like one, (red hair, fair skin, and freckles), that I don’t think anyone would question me if I said my ancestors were from Ireland. I even participated in the Shamrock Run last weekend (although it wasn’t to support the Irish). It’s…
Nothing says comfort like peanut butter and chocolate. When I’ve had a really bad, rotten-awful day, peanut butter and chocolate satisfy my soul. Sometimes I just dip a square of chocolate into a jar of peanut butter, but that was before I got married and didn’t care how many times…
When I saw this recipe online, I thought, How can anyone pass up a pie made with Snickers? Well, certainly not me. This actually is very similar to a Peanut Butter Pie, only you add a little extra something–and, of course, that something is Snickers! Cut up 3 Snickers…
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