Currently | March
CELEBRATING | my birthday and many other March babies this month. So many wonderful people have birthdays in March. EATING | marble cake. I always bake a marble cake for my birthday (from my Mom’s...
Recipe | Loaded healthy-ish mashed potatoes
This is one of the easiest, most-satisfying comfort dinners that you can imagine. If you’re a fan of mashed potatoes, read on. Mashed potatoes often get a bad reputation, but they’re actually a nutritious source...
Blogging through the COVID 19-Crisis: It’s been a year
photo credit: Chris Montgomery via Unsplash This is my first update in 5 months. It didn’t feel appropriate to let the anniversary-week of the start of the pandemic pass by without mentioning it. I mean,...
On my birthday
As mentioned in my previous post, this week was my first “official” pandemic birthday. Last year, my birthday marked the last day of 2020 when Jon and I went out to dinner at a restaurant....
44 (pandemic) favorite moments
A year ago, this was my birthday week, and it was the last normal week and nobody knew it. My birthday marked the last day of 2020 when Jon and I went out to dinner...
Five Things Friday Vol. 23
Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. Do you ever have a week where time just seemingly disappears? I...
Currently | February
RELIEVED | to be hearing positive, ‘boring’ news out of the White House right now. I feel like I can finally let up on paying attention to the news 24 hours a day. Well, I...
Daily Life | 2020 (a pandemic) Spending Report
When I was looking for our 2019 spending report, I realized with surprise that I never posted it last year. I had done quarterly reports throughout the year of 2019 and then never shared the...