Good morning!I've just discovered the joy of soaking my oatmeal... I love doing prep work ahead for any meal anyway and love the creamy texture that it brings! I've read of the nutrition and digestion helps too. And even The Salesman, who I would consider an oatmeal skeptic because he believes he ate oatmeal to often in his formative years, likes this. Yes, indeed!But, just to keep it real this morning, he is having leftover pizza while I enjoy my creamy grains.I pre-soak with an equal ... Read More about Trim Healthy Mama Creamy Grains
For The Love of Lamp Lights
Happy Friday to you! I hope you have had a wonder filled week!The picture I'm sharing today I had to take with the Salesman's phone because I dropped mine in a bowl of Golden Chana Soup.... And now it is recovering in a bowl of rice! Yes, I am being optimistic! I hope it recovers! Anyway, I went to my first official insurance meeting with the Salesman on the very day that my licenses were approved!!!The meeting room we went to was lovely. And of course, I had to snap of picture of ... Read More about For The Love of Lamp Lights
Trim Healthy Mama Crumb Cake
In January I started a new healthy lifestyle called the Trim Healthy Mama plan. Have you heard of it? Have you tried it? My oldest daughter, Audra Elizabeth, introduced me to the plan during the time she and her husband lived with us. Most evenings after our dinner, and just when I got the kitchen cleaned up, she and her husband would start making their dinner. Oh, the glorious smells that would waft through the house as I got ready for bed. And when I'd try what they made, it was good, ... Read More about Trim Healthy Mama Crumb Cake
For the Love of Lamp Light
Good Friday morning to you! I hope you have had a wonder filled week. Just stopping in to share some lamp light love. On one of my birthday outings, we went to the Knoxville Art Museum and discovered a little room downstairs and the Thorne Rooms, which are among America's best known miniature diorama groups. This little room pictured was my favorite because of the lamp lights! I also thought the ironwork, architecture, stone work, and garden area were beautiful too! ... Read More about For the Love of Lamp Light
It’s a New Season
Summer has arrived! It is a new season! A season of warmer weather, days at the pool, and school is out! Both of our daughters graduated from college on April 29th and we are beginning to embark on the empty nest season. It seems the last few years have held more transitions than stability for me. Can you relate to any of these events of the last four years:Victoria went to collegeMy dad moved in with us and needed daily caregivingAudra got marriedI was hospitalized for the ... Read More about It’s a New Season