Our deck is being power washed and getting prepped for staining. It's noisy and the girls and I have again retreated to our room. We have iPads, Kindles and stacks of books...Jessica Fletcher is on in the background...helping the police in places other than Cabot Cove...I didn't realize that she solves mysteries everywhere! Fashion shows … Continue reading We Retreat!

The other day one of my nieces was packing for a road trip and shared this photo.Sandwiches...simple sandwiches...wrapped in waxed paper so perfectly and so tightly that they stayed this way until unwrapped.So...this is my dad and he is responsible for some of my family members knowing how to wax paper wrap sandwiches. My lunch … Continue reading Memories…

From Whole Foods... From Serious Eats... From gimme some oven...From SkinnyTaste... Summer salads are the best...so...did I make one of these beauties for dinner tonight? Nope!We got sidetracked and ordered pizza.Den ate four slices to my one and now my stomach hurts again!We are getting cozy in bed prepping to watch The Great British Bakeoff! It … Continue reading Salad Days?