Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Are y’all ready for summer? Have you loaded the kitchen with cool drinks fixings? Twinings sent me some of their new Refreshers to try. The raspberry strawberry was pretty tasty, very much like a Starbucks drink of the same name, but a little cheaper to make…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? This last week has just flown by! I’m not sure how or why, but here we are at Friday again. Okay, maybe I know why: the week was really, really full! Lots of stressful things and lots of celebrations all wrapped up in one. And we’re…
Road trips are all about adventure and togetherness and saving money. So what do you do about road trip food? How do you save while still making it easy to feed your family? We got you. $14.99 for a box of graham crackers?! Is that just high inflation? Nope. That was Mammoth Lakes, 2010, back…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Whew! The Trifecta is off to a great start – and already 2/3 over. That was fast. Mother’s Day was a lot of fun. I had been wanting an afternoon tea — without the $50/person cost, so I set about making it at home. We started…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? Let’s go! Howdy, howdy! My to-do list is a mile long today with way too many good works to do. I guess that’s a good problem to have. After we finish chatting here, I need to: So, anywho, that’s what my day holds! Here’s what else…
You’ve decided to stay home for vacation this year, which is a great way to save money. But, you still want to enjoy time together with the kids while you can. Check out these easy and fun staycation ideas for families. Planning a family staycation appears easy at first. You’re going to be on vacation…
Choosing to stay home instead of taking an expensive vacation this year? Adventure is still to be had as you play the tourist in your own town. Here’s how to plan a staycation on a budget. Maybe you just can’t get enough time off to make travel worth it this year. Perhaps airline waits are…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? I’m stunned that it’s already 11:11 on Friday morning. I’m not exactly sure where the last seven days went, but they absolutely FLEW by. I’ve been awake since 4:30ish. B’s alarm goes off at 4:20. I’ve put away dishes, made bread dough, made pizza dough, read…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? If you don’t look out the window to catch the sunrise, you might miss it. Somedays the sky lingers in its dressing gown of multi-colors, but most days it’s fleeting. So much of life is like that, isn’t it? As we hit the countdown to Miss…
Hello and Happy Friday! Are you ready to ramble? This double rainbow out the back view is how God ushered in our week, so I think it’s a fitting start to the post. What a treat! We had rain over the weekend, so to end the rain with this was really special for Sunday Dinner….