With fall fast approaching, Here is a fun spin on the classic banana split that the whole family is sure to love. Grilled Banana Split Makes 1 2 tablespoons maple syrup ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 medium banana, peel on, halved lengthwise 2-3 scoops ice cream of your choice ¼ cup or caramel sauce 2 tablespoons chopped […]
Month: August 2017
Thoughtful Thursday
ONE PEACEFUL WORD American English: peaceful Arabic: مُسَالِمٌ Brazilian Portuguese: pacific Chinese: 和平的 Croatian: miran Czech: mírový Danish: fredelig Dutch: vredig European Spanish: pacific Finnish: rauhallinen French: paisible German: friedlich Greek: ειρηνικός Italian: pacific Japanese: 平和な Korean: 평화로운 Norwegian: fredelig Polish: spokojny Portuguese: pacífico Romanian: pașnic Russian: мирный Spanish: pacífico en paz Swedish: fridfull Thai: […]
Straw Bale Gardening
Straw bale gardens have taken off over the last decade or so. I’ve seen some really pretty and clever methods of straw bale gardening. Just a quick Google image search will show you lots of beautiful straw bale gardens: It makes you want to jump right in, doesn’t it? I love the concept of […]
Giving A Speech
Giving a Speech Sucks Nine months of planning, calculating, researching and investigating. Dozens, no hundreds of first drafts thrown into the dead zone. Speech after speech, rewrite after rewrite left these eyes staring blankly at words. Grafts and numbers didn’t make sense anymore. Nothing made sense. In a blur of twisted knots, my belly flipped […]
Potato Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
This post is brought to you by Kettle Brand Potato Chips Summer doesn’t get any cooler than ice cream sandwiches made of chocolate chip cookies with oatmeal, nuts, and potato chips (!) But these cookies are no ordinary cookies. They do have all the same ingredients as mom’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, but with one more […]
