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Three delicious cookie recipes - don't choose, just make them all!
We are sharing some of our favorites cookie recipes with you today. We often make all 3 varieties at the same time, because they are so...
Jana
Apr 11, 20201 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 29 and Counting...
Today was our first day of Spring Break, but it sure didn't feel like it. I am not talking about real-life Spring Break, which would...
Jana
Apr 10, 20203 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 28 and Counting
Today was a mellow day. I think the rain had something to do with it. Between the rain and the stay-at-home orders, you just don't feel...
Jana
Apr 9, 20203 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 27 and Counting
Today was a fairly quiet day. Everyone made it to their meetings on time and seemed to get their work done. Catherine got to write an...
Jana
Apr 8, 20203 min read


Confessions of a banana hoarder plus some of our favorite banana recipes.
I have been trying to not get caught up in the hoarding mentality that has taken over our country, since the onset of the Coronavirus,...
Jana
Apr 8, 20203 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 26 and Counting....
Unlike the rest of the world, my guess is, I am not able to tune in to the news until very late at night. I spend the day with the kids...
Jana
Apr 7, 20204 min read


This says it all...
This was sent to me by a friend a few weeks ago, written by a homeschooled boy named Ben. I think this says it all. Personally, I think...
Jana
Apr 7, 20201 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 25 and Counting
It's Monday and a rainy Monday to boot. I love rain and god knows we need it. But today, perhaps because of the rain, I felt really...
Jana
Apr 6, 20204 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 24 and Counting
We had a nice, but busy Sunday. I took my morning walk and had a chance to catch up with my dear friend Carla, who lives up north. We...
Jana
Apr 5, 20204 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 23 and Counting....
How can I complain, it was a non-school day? Only now, after nearly 3 weeks of this new normal (or has it been 4 weeks?), can I clearly...
Jana
Apr 5, 20206 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 22 and Counting....
It’s Friday and it sure does feel like it. Not in that TGIF kind of way, but in that, god has it been a long week kind of way. There...
Jana
Apr 4, 20203 min read


Hacks for snacks and beverages during the long (home) schooling day.
Now that the kids are home all day, I am sure like me, you are not only having to tend to their schooling needs, but also to their...
Jana
Apr 3, 20203 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 21 and Counting....
Today was a better day, overall, than yesterday. I had digested the news of last night, that the kids would not be returning to school...
Jana
Apr 2, 20203 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 20 and Counting...
Oh boy has it been another long day. We learned tonight, officially, that schoolwill notbe resuming for the rest of this school year,...
Jana
Apr 2, 20203 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 19 and Counting
Today was not a big news today. Well, maybe it was. I had to go to Costco and I suppose these days, that is big news. More on that...
Jana
Apr 1, 20205 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 18 and Counting....
Monday morning…back to school. As I got up at 7, an hour later than I used to when the kids were in real school, I tried to think of a...
Jana
Mar 31, 20204 min read


Covid 19 Cooking, Continued
Our meals today! The breakfast of champions. An egg frittata; English muffin; yogurt and fruit parfait drizzled with honey; and a mixed...
Jana
Mar 31, 20201 min read


Coronavirus
We had a rather busy Sunday. I got out for my walk around 9 and was back by 10 for the kid’s first virtual Sunday School Session. They...
Jana
Mar 31, 20203 min read


Dinner - Covid 19 Style
Dinner tonight! The troops bringing in an ample supply of fresh rosemary from the garden. Rosemary and Lemon Roasted Potatoes (Before)...
Jana
Mar 31, 20201 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 16 and Counting...
Weekends now feel different than weekdays. When this lockdown (otherwise known as shelter in place) first started, all the days...
Jana
Mar 31, 20203 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 15 and Counting...
Yesterday was one of our better days. I think we may just be getting into the positive zone of that learning curve (next week will be...
Jana
Mar 31, 20203 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 14 and Counting
Now that we have our 5 laptops, things are going significantly better. Not perfect, by a long shot, but better and I’ll take that. The...
Jana
Mar 27, 20204 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 13 and Counting
Composing this, 12 hours late, so this is from yesterday. I was so tired last night I couldn’t think of a single sentence to write....
Jana
Mar 27, 20203 min read


Coronavirus Update - Day 12 and Counting
Today was actually a pretty good day, if you don’t count the seven-hour school day that consumed the middle of it. I had a nice walk by...
Jana
Mar 27, 20203 min read
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