I think Brussels sprouts get a bad rap.  I know that while I was growing up that my dad would joke about making me eat Brussels sprouts and how “yucky” they were.  I actually don’t think I remember hearing one good thing about them while I was growing up from anyone.  It’s because of […]

  A couple of weeks ago was my anniversary, and with my new-found stay-at-home-mom status we didn’t want to spend the money to go out.  Plus, we had plans the weekends before and after so it was just easier this way. I found a recipe by the Pioneer Woman (Love her!) that I decided to modify. […]

In my post “Why Bees?,” I mentioned that the reason we became interested in bees was because my brother-in-law took up beekeeping after a swarm showed up at his house.  It’s been about two years (maybe more…time seems to be flying the older I get) since we started learning about beekeeping through him and other […]

  Last week I made the hardest decision of my life….I resigned from teaching to become a stay-at-home mom.  I love teaching, but I had a burden on my heart to stay home with my babies. After a lot of praying (pleading really), I decided staying home is what I should do. As Dave Ramsey […]

This past Sunday was Mother’s Day.  I LOVE being a mother. It is probably my favorite part  of life. But I’m going to be honest…I didn’t enjoy Mother’s Day.  I should have.  My husband got me necklaces with L and J’s initials and a shirt I had wanted. He made one of my favorite breakfasts…chocolate […]

You know those people at parties and gatherings that everyone is talking to?  That person that always has a plethora of knowledge on every topic (Not the know-it-all that thinks they know it all, but the person that actually does) and seems to be interested in things you’ve never heard of?  Well, I dream of […]