Recipe Monday: Fresh Tomato Pasta

This is a fast, light, fresh dinner that is perfect for these miserably hot summer nights we still have left. Simple ingredients, fast prep! Love it! Ingredients: 1 lb pasta 1 medium tomato chopped Olive Oil 2 Tablespoons Basil Garlic Salt to taste Feta or shredded Mozzarella cheese Directions: 1. Cook pasta to al dente … Continue reading →

My Grandma’s Most Helpful Hints

My grandmother has put together one of the sweetest, most thoughtful and most useful gifts I’ve ever received. She has given this gift to all the granddaughters so far. Basically it’s a cookbook, but really, it’s so much more! Inside she included family-favorite recipes with coordinating grocery lists, and I use it daily. Over the last two … Continue reading →

Hi, My Name is Julie and I’m Addicted to Office Supplies

Have you ever watched Hoarders and seen those women who spend their family into debt buy buying thousands of clothing items they never get around to wearing? Yeah, that’s me…but with office supplies. I have to physically stop myself from going to the office-supply sections of any store unless I know we have spending money … Continue reading →

Sometimes You Feel Like a Chef; Sometimes You Don’t.

There are few things I enjoy more than cooking a delicious recipe for my family. They almost always enjoy the things I find or come up with. I’ve recently realized something important about myself, though. Sometimes, I just don’t want to cook. It’s too hot in our house to justify using the oven in the … Continue reading →

Revenge Tattoo. Oh yeah, and skin cancer.

Well, as if we don’t have enough on our plate with a new baby, a fit-throwing terribly 2-year-old, job loss, my possible return to the work force and medical bills, we also found out this week that I have skin cancer. Yep. Info here Months ago, when I was still hugely pregnant, my stepmother told … Continue reading →

Report Card? Check…Finally.

A few months ago, I told you all about the website I’d chosen to use for our gradebook/hour logging. I chose this because it was free and not terribly difficult to use. Click on the picture to go straight to homeschoolskedtrack.com or see the original review here. Severe procrastination and poor follow-through means I JUST … Continue reading →

Lazy Fried Chicken

Last week I had some chicken thawed with the intent of Hubby grilling it to delicious perfection for us. The flu kept him inside, however, and forced me to come up with a back up plan. We were in between grocery trips, so there wasn’t much available to me. In a pinch, I came up … Continue reading →

This and That: The Weekly Wrap Up

This week has been eventful. Just 4 days into a great temp job, my husband (and Cub) got the flu. This unfortunately led to Husband being replaced and us being without income again. After a lot of heart-ache and talk, we decided that it was time for me to start applying for part-time and/or temporary … Continue reading →

Homeschool Curriculum and a Bit More Freedom

In my post from Tuesday, I talked about how structured J’s last school year was. I was new, and let’s face it, I like to organize, over plan and file things away. Overall, it actually worked pretty well for us. I was grateful to not have to think too hard about the school plan. Between … Continue reading →

Preschool at Home: The Letter Book

It’s been a while since I posted any ideas for Preschool at home. Sorry about that. Here’s the latest one we love, love, love. Have you seen the store-bought dry-erase letter books? They are pretty, but can be expensive. The ones that aren’t expensive are either too small or poorly made and hard to erase. … Continue reading →