Month: February 2018

  During the summer months I try to eat cooler and lighter and serve things that can be made ahead snd pulled out of the refrigerator to be eaten poolside! My avocado cream soup is just one of many recipes that my crew asks for during the summer. It’s light and cold and brightens...

Springtime is upon us and although we have had a rather warm winter we had best get ourselves geared up for a HOT summer! I love springtime because it is when I get everything in my life in it’s best form. The mind-body-balance that I planned for back in January has by the spring...

Many of us struggle with various forms of food allergies and sometimes we do not even know we have them until our bodies have taken all they can take. Over the past few years I have struggled with food allergies. The possibility of having food allergies should have come as no surprise with my...

If you love collards…now that we have had some cold weather its time to throw a few seeds into some tossed up soil and they should take and sprout. I have tried to plant them sooner but they like the cold!  It’s time to go to the local shelter and see if anyone needs...

1 Purchase a family pass to The Museum of Fine Art and create a family calendar for the whole year planned with a monthly visit to tour the traveling artist featured and talk a few classes to enrich the whole family. 2 It’s time to remulch and refurbish the beds in the yard… at...

It’s time to plant the winter kale and collards in the garden. They will do well now planted and watered in with compost. Soon you’ll have plenty of hearty greens for salads and for winter cooking. Collect canned goods and cereal and drop off at the local food bank. Many children will be hungry...

Spend time going through your attic and make give away boxes to take to GoodWill. Many of us got flooded from the ground inward but others got roof’s torn up from tornados and rain. Now that it’s a little cooler it’s a good time to go through all that’s in the attic and give...

It’s Autumn! There’s so much to do to get ready for friends and family and all the gatherings going up so soon! Make a tablescape to wow them all using pumpkins, fall leaves drape ribbons and candles. I love making the house “autumn” so that the transition from now thru halloween and into Thanksgiving...

In the garden…. clip all your herbs and freeze them in ice cube trays, mix them with garlic and coarse salt into butter and freeze. This way you can enjoy using them in the winter months.  Dip mint leaves into chocolate and then store in the refrigerator for stirring into peppermint tea or blending...

Back to school days are here and after trying and testing routines to make the crazy scheduled days go smooth I have found that if you will cut up veggies and fruits, boil eggs and sort cheeses and crackers into separate zip lock baggies you can grab and go in between home to school...

Invite over your best friend and make my faved Granny’s Orange and Pecan Chocolate cake and make one for your friend to take home! Order two books for the children to read during the summer months. Go to your library to see what they suggest, or Barnes and Noble’s suggested reading section or even...

1 Spend at least three hours a week tending to the garden that you have created. Take time to string the beans so that they are easy to pick and pull weeds and add fertilizer. This will ensure the most produce form from all the efforts in seeding and planting your food!    ...

1 Spend at least three hours a week tending to the garden that you have created. Take time to string the beans so that they are easy to pick and pull weeds and add fertilizer. This will ensure the most produce form from all the efforts in seeding and planting your food! 2 Plan...

1 I just planted the spinach, beets and carrots. The collards are still producing massive amounts of food from my back yard. All of our local groceries have the vegetable plants started so grab a few and dig in nth dirt and stone you too will be getting your salad from your back door!...

1 Congratulations! It’s SPRING! It is time to go through each room and make notes as to things that need to be repaired, cleaned and organized. Block off on your weekly calendar two afternoons to organize, two afternoons to repair and paint things and two days to clean every part of that particular room....

  1 Make up a Feta Pasta salad and invite two close friends to Tea. It’s better than a therapist and they know you! 2 Start stuffing the eggs for the annual egg hunt and get the Easter clothes ordered for church 3 Plant basil, oregano, thyme, dill, parsley, sage, cilantro. Next month it...

  1 Time to take your compost and sew minerals into your garden area so the soil is rich in nutrients for seeds in the next few months. If you’re really wanting a boost I’ll suggest going over to Southern Breeze and find Cathy Strobel the owner and ask her of a pile of...

  It’s been a whirl! Start off the year right by booking a Spa day for you and a friend and while you are getting your nails done share your goals for this new year. Making someone aware of your aspirations tends to keep us better accountable for completing them. Take all the curtains...

Did you know that there are many birds that mate for life? One day a few years ago I was startled by a very loud and persistent chirping outside my bedroom door. I opened the door to find a slightly injured brown color cardinal and her husband screaming from the bird feeder at her...

Well my darlings! It’s finally here! Another New Year and I don’t think I could be more happier than I am right now. Last year was filled with so many things…very few good and lots of very very bad. Thus leaving me anticipating 2017 for quite some time. Why is it that January always...