Okay, it's Valentine's Day, you had to know love-something was coming. Stay with me for a minute or two and I promise some yummy r...

If you are suffering from one of the many cold and flu viruses circulating [and then re-circulating] the nation, check out the "COLD...

I'm not one for promoting much on my blog [yup, the lack of ads is VERY intentional] but there is always a time for exceptions. Th...

On Sunday one of my closest friends and I had an impromptu picnic among our small backyard orchard while our husbands took in a baseball g...

This post will be short and sweet but will link you to something I have been laboring over [no pun intended] for a few weeks now. You ca...

As we soon say "hello March!" and hopefully "hello spring!" I thought I would take a moment to share a few things that...

Recently I've been struck down by either pregnancy-induced nausea, vomiting, and fatigue or the flu - I haven't quite figured ou...

Garden planning time that is. At about the time an itch arises within me to pull out one of my favorite books and commence in its annual...

For many the word "detoxification" conjures up images of deprivation, immediate feelings of hunger and irritability, panic, and ...

As I reflect on this past year two things really stand out to me. First, 2010 was a rollercoaster of a year for my family and I so going i...

I want to break for a minute from my standard recipe-driven posts and talk about a side of life that is far too often misconstrued. It...

This post is long overdue and for that I am sincerely sorry [well, for that and the lack of photos of this one]. My hope, upon reading thi...

This morning happens to be one of those rare times when the baby sleeps in [albeit probably because she was up a lot last night, but stil...

This week I am bumming it at the beach. Actually, my husband is the chaplain for this amazing camp set on the beautiful shores of Lake Mich...