Oh Valentine’s Day. Such a sweet and joyful holiday; a time we celebrate love and friendship. And what a perfect opportunity to practice skills used the rest of the year, too! Need to fill out valentines for friends and neighbors? It’s a great time to practice penmanship, and review the
Author: Melissa Twine
Do you grow a winter garden? I didn’t use to, but I do now! Here in our Arizona climate, winter is the perfect time to grow lots of lettuce, sugar snap peas, Swiss chard, onions…but I’m getting ahead of myself. I just get so excited when all these green things
Wedding day excitement. White lace and tuxedos. Flower girls. Wedding cake. Flowers. The anticipation. The family. The friends. Hope, dreams, and love. All of this, and so much more, made up our wedding day so many years ago. We were so young, just out of college. My husband was 23,
Brrrrr! It’s a little bit cold out, and I love it! I get so excited when I can throw on a cozy sweatshirt and long pants all day, without sweltering nearly to death! And my collection of socks! I love to wear them, yet much of the year it’s too
Today, Chickaletta and her sisters got some much-needed attention! Of course, these backyard beauties are mostly self-sufficient, from a day-to-day aspect, but they do need my care and attention from time to time! If you’re curious about how I maintain a clean, safe, productive environment for our fine-feathered ladies, you’ve
As January slowly winds down to its last few days, and most of our New Year’s resolutions begin to lose just a bit of their shimmer, I can’t help but get excited all over again when I think about what is coming next. Nope, it’s not Valentine’s Day, although I
Where are all my smoothie people? Being raised in Southern California, we had smoothies all the time because the weather (and the abundance of produce) was almost always right for them! Strawberry smoothies, blueberry-mango smoothies, smoothies with protein, smoothies with blue algae…you name it, we tried it! Some people don’t
When I think about Christmas, the first things that I think of are my own sweet childhood memories, and those of our children when they were young. Why is this? Well, I don’t claim to know the answer to that one, but I do know this: Those memories are precious
When I was a little girl, I looked forward to Thanksgiving every year. Of course, I loved the family part, but there was one thing about the meal that was always the fondest item (at least to me!). Funny enough, my favorite part of the meal was never the super
So much life can happen in a span of just a few short months, can’t it? Sometimes, we expect change, and other times it surprises us. There are moments we stand in shock and awe, with our jaw all but touching the ground, looking back with wide eyes at the