Usually I make a big breakfast Saturday mornings, when our family has more leisure time. However, since we’ve been staying at home for the past 10 weeks, I have been making breakfast most days. (My kid’s favorite is waffles, and you can find the recipe here.) I love a good…
How do you plan to spend Mother’s Day this year? I love to host, and ever since getting married, I have made a special meal for my mother and one for my mother-in-law. However, this year will certainly be different than how I normally spend it. I am sure it…
My daughter turned 5 recently and wanted to have a tea party for her birthday, complete with real tea cups and a fancy dress. My mom brought over tea cups that belonged to her mother and grandmother and loaned them to Grace for the special day. However, Grace didn’t want…
It’s no secret that I love scones. Done right, they are melt-in-your-mouth goodness. I have had my share of dry scones and my share of hard scones, and these, my friends, are neither. There’s something about fresh cranberries that make everything taste a bit better. Maybe it’s the fact that…
It NEVER fails. Every time I go to a coffee shop, I always order a scone with my drink. I don’t know what compels me to do so. Maybe I subconsciously think that my coffee will taste better. Maybe I just really like scones. Rarely do I order the same…
Thanksgiving flew by and now Christmas is almost here. I have been piled under a mountain of essays these past few weeks and have just now emerged. Yeah to Christmas Break almost being here! And speaking of Christmas, one tradition that I had growing up was my mom making cinnamon…
I made it home from Charlotte. In one piece. Barely. The second leg of the trip consisted of sitting on the airplane for an hour and twenty minutes while they fixed a problem with the de-icer. And then we took off for our three-hour tour. (Somehow, I think Gilligan’s Island would…
Scones in the morning make me happy. I love to sit down and have a cup of coffee, some fruit, and a warm scone. These scones make me particularly happy because they have a little bit of espresso and an explosion of chocolate. Scones are a little tricky to make. Many…
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