One of my resolutions this year was to spend one afternoon each week with the kids at my grandmother's house. My grandmother is 91....

Here in Minnesota, the temperature is below zero.   It will stay that way for most of the week. On Monday, in honor of MLK day, G-...

The weather is cold here, so we need to keep the kitchen warm.  Have a wonderful MLK week! Day One Chicken and lentil burgers fr...

Alert:  The following story could seriously compromise my Mother-of-the-Year application.  Come to think of it, there are so many things ...

This season, we have traded in our swimming lessons (which went swimmingly this fall, I am thankful to say) for ice skating lessons.  G-Bear...

For all of Advent and our Christmas holiday, I took a break from our Grocery Bag meal planning.  I enjoyed a little extra free time on th...

Yes, our Christmas tree is still up. Hey, the twelve days of Christmas just ended on Sunday, school only restarted yesterday, and we ha...

We were gone exactly 24 hours, 15 minutes. Miami bound. The journey wasn't easy. Catching a catnap on the airport floor....