Thanksgiving Report

I loved having Thanksgiving at my house! Mama and I had so much fun cooking together. The meal was good and the leftovers are rapidly being consumed. I’m going to make stock today with the turkey carcass and we’ll have turkey noodle soup tonight. It was so nice to have our small family together for…

Good Weekend

It is always so good to get out of town. We had a great weekend at the beach. We had terrific weather – blue skies, sunny, with temperatures around 70 degrees. Saturday morning started with breakfast at Sam and Omie’s. If you visit the Outer Banks, try Sam and Omie’s. The atmosphere is great and…

Save Your Gourds!

Most all of us buy beautiful gourds to use in decorating our homes for fall. Did you know that you can dry them and use them over and over? They won’t have the same brilliant fall colors, but they retain their shape and a little bit of the original color. I do this every year…

Ray-Rah-Ree

Crap. What have I gotten myself into? Today I have to get on the stage in front of 700+ middle school students to lead our first pep rally of the year. I got suckered into doing this because no one else would do it. I hope I don’t accidentally cuss or fall down or say…