The last couple weeks, my mom has been sending me home with lemons. Her and her neighbor share a lemon tree, and whatever branches hover over my moms side of the fence, well, my mom gets to keep as her…
Recently, I was given leftover ham from a party my mom went to. And honestly, it looks like it was barley even touched! So needless to say I was excited about the possibilities with this. Soups, sandwiches, breakfasts. The possibilities…
When I first got pregnant with Vito, I wanted to instantly make a baby blanket for him. At the time we didn’t have much money, so I used leftover fabric I found around the house and made him one. It…
I’ve spent most of my pregnancy with little to no energy, not feeling good and just feeling “bla”. So when the nesting hit, and I got some energy back, I was very stoked. My kitchen looks clean (most days) and…
Recently, Daniel and I recently got this urge to totally clean up the backyard. It had been kind of let go because between me being pregnant, and Daniel still recovering from a broken arm and then surgery, it was the…
Have you ever taken something out of the freezer to cook for dinner and then forget what you were going to make? Yeah, that was me the other day. I took out thinly sliced steak. I had an idea when…
With Daniels arm being broken, and us being in this limbo state of having food stamps now, but still needing help, I’ve been trying to get even more creative in the kitchen. As I’ve mentioned before, we have dinner with…
Lately, I’ve been trying to work with what’s in my fridge, and what needs to be used up. Something I should have been doing for a while now, but there is nothing quite like a challenging time in life to…
Every family has that really cheap meal that they just love to eat. For some families, its rice and beans, or some kind of cheap soup. For our family, its ham hocks and beans. My husband and I have a…
Most people who have more than one child, are smart enough to keep their baby stuff, so that they don’t have to start all over. But in the case of Daniel and I, things worked out unexpectedly. For those who…
