• My writing style

    So obviously, March is going to come in like a lion this year.  I’m sure you all heard about the tornadoes that ripped through the midwest on the night of the 28th and the morning of the 29th.  If this is what is in store for storm season this year, I’m scared! Anyway… Back my…

  • Smoked Salmon

    If you hang around these parts any at all, you’re fully aware of the fact I’m not crazy about fish.  But apparently, when I was younger, my grandma would bring home Captain D’s (we don’t have one of those around here anymore, but it’s like Long John Silvers) for dinner every once in a while. …

  • Blueberry Muffins

    Ingredients 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 tsp Cinnamon A splash of Vanilla (I never measure, probably 1-1 1/2 tsp) 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 egg 1/3 cup milk 1 cup fresh blueberries 1/2 cup white sugar 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup butter,…

  • American Bird

    When I was a little kid, I couldn’t have been more than 5 or 6 years old, my dad and I were driving down the road in his ’89 Red Chevy S-10.  We were driving out by the house I grew up in that my parents sold when I was around 10 or 11, that’s…

  • Nuts!

    When I first started dating my husband he told me he didn’t like nuts.  Ok I can buy that I guess.  There are things I really don’t care for.  Nuts seemed a bit odd, but I guess I’m not real crazy about walnuts so ok.  Every so often I’d want to make something that called…

  • Guest Posting

    My friend Stef over at Too Much To Do So Little Time has had it pretty rough this last week.  On top of the normal day to day stresses, her step-mother passed away.  I went and wrote a guest post for her today, so you might go over and show her some love, plus you…