• Okay… if you haven’t “played” yet… don’t cheat.  Read my Monday Listicles post to guess…  I only think a couple of people guess correctly… and I am SHOCKED you guys think I “earned” my beads!  LOL.  Okay, maybe not… if I had ever been to Mardi Gras that would have been the truth…  

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  • Last week, this is what greeted me when I opened the front door… too bad they don’t always get along like this.

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  • This week’s topic is my favorite so far.  Below, you will find ten things listed about me.  One of them is true, the other nine are myths… can you figure out which one is true?  (Nana can’t play!)

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  • Making candy is something I am relatively new at.  For a friend’s wedding, I made several million little heart shaped candies that were the table favors.  Several gazillion, I mean.  It is super easy and a lot of fun… so, I thought maybe I should make some fall-shaped candy with the kids.

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  • Hello all!  Sorry about yesterday’s post.  Just got busy and now I feel like I am coming down with a cold.  Ugh.  Anyways… I wanted to share this awesome organization site I found.

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  • My dream in life is to own my own restaurant. A nice, family-style place with an apple theme. I want to call it the Green Apple Grill. Why, you ask?

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  • I grew up with a mechanic as a father.  I learned at a young age the difference between a Phillips and a flat head screw driver, knew how to tell if the bolt was metric or standard.  The older I got, I was even able to guess pretty well on the size of the socket that was needed.  I had gone to work with my dad.  Met his mechanic friends.  So, needless to say… I had heard pretty much every known cuss word by the time I was 5 or 6.

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  • This is a picture from over the summer when we went to the fair.  This was one of those strawberry twisty rides– the first “big kid” ride my kids have rode on.  The pure innocence in their eyes is breathtaking.

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  • This is a recipe that I originally found in Kraft’s Food and Family magazine in Winter 2007.  (I can’t believe I actually wrote down on the recipe card where and when I found it!)  We have adapted it over the years to make it even gooier and yummier than theirs.  Enjoy.

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  • This week’s topic for Monday Listicles is Ten Memories of the Not So Distant Past… this is going to be fun.  Maybe I should do this once a month just to keep track of the things I want to remember!  My biggest fear is that I will forget something important.

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