If you were a type of pie what would you be? My granddaughter Harper gave me a lovely little book for Christmas called “What I LOVE About You Grandma”. On each of the 50 pages there is a prompt sentence and a place where she could write her response. They all brought so much joy to me when I read them. But one page in particular gave me a chuckle. “Grandma if you were a pie you’d be…” and she wrote “apple”. Continue reading
LOVE. It is my response to everything and if you’ve known me for even a minute you know that. Some like to say that I am positive and happy and other lovely characteristics. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t get sad, angry or at times even negative. And I have every right to be given the things that have happened to me in my life. But why I want to share this post with you today is no matter if you are happy or sad, positive or negative, your story is YOUR story. If you take anything away from what you are about to read is that YOU should be the one to tell your story. Otherwise someone else will try to tell your story and it will never be as accurate or indeed powerful than if it comes from YOU! Continue reading
How can it be Wednesday already? I know they say when we get older the time passes quicker but this is light speed since last Woman Crush Wednesday. However, the good news is that it is my favorite day of the week! And with it being the second WCW of the new year, I’m thinking we’d better keep it on the straight and narrow. Everyone I know is eating clean, detoxing and recovering from the holiday binge fest! So our fabulous female chef this week is coming to the rescue! Hooray for Aussie Sarah Wilson. Continue reading
Probably the wackiest title ever made up for a blog post. I’m not a poet and I know it! However, it will all make sense! You see, since living in the U.K. my Hubby and I have tried to take road trips here and there to learn more about some of the native writers. We are avid literary fans and what better way then through the writer’s own eyes, seeing where they lived and worked, might we get an even deeper glimpse into their greatness! If you love books and are planning a trip here you might want to stop by any of these four spots. Continue reading
From my experience, children are like wet cement. Maybe you thought by the title I was going to post something about home building, did you? Well in a way, humans are like a home built from the ground up. Continue reading
It’s day five of Soup Scentral! I shared some awesome recipes from my blog arsenal on day one, day two was Woman Crush Wednesday when I made a gorgeous vegetable soup from our fabulous honoree Katie Lee. Day three I shared a communal soup list from some of my fav bloggers. Yesterday, day four, I gave you a glimpse into a fresh food box service and a Vietnamese Soup Pho you. Today I am going to share a very special recipe. It is called Friendship Soup. Continue reading
Most people realize home cooked food is better for us then eating out. We certainly know exactly what is in each dish we cook. It can also be a massive financial savings. However, for busy people the shopping and prepping of the food can put them off the benefits of eating at home. So enter a new rising star…food boxes delivered to your door. In America the popular one is Blue Apron, in the U.K it is Hello Fresh. All come with the necessary ingredients and easy to follow instruction recipe cards for your sit down restaurant quality dinner at home. How does this fit into Soup Scentral week you ask? Continue reading