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Fourteen years ago today, Tony and I got married on the beach in Naples, Florida.  Long time readers will know that Hannah was my maid of honor and my step-son Joe was our best man.  Tony’s parents and my Mom were the only other ones in attendance, and that’s exactly the way I wanted it.  Small.  Intimate.  Although my twin sister will give a dig...

I have a dilemma.   It’s the DVR.  There are shows on there that Tony and I watched together, and I can’t yet watch those shows.  However, there were shows only Tony recorded for himself, and would usually watch during the day when I was at work.  I can’t seem to get myself to stop the recordings.  It’s feels to me like it’s just one more...

I seem to be on a breakfast burrito kick, and I am okay with that!  I ended up having the last of my leftover steak in a breakfast burrito and had one of the Harry & David pears sent to me from Extended Stay America – OMG, these pears are so good.  My Mom got these pears as a work gift many years ago and...

If you have had a food blog for any length of time, it’s only a matter of time when you start getting emails to try different products and share them with your blog readers.  Sadly, since I am diabetic, I mostly get requests to try artificial sweeteners.  Ew.  Most of them test like chemicals yet they claim “no calories and no blood sugar spikes!”  Um,...

35 days ago yesterday, I was determined to be “back on!” and I zeroed out my Zero scale and decided it was a fresh start.   Well that was when Tony went to the hospital and I never would have guessed 36 days later I would be a widow.   My Aunt and I were talking and our cousin, when she became a widow, said that word...

I have been overwhelmed with emails, comments, greeting cards, text messages, Facebook messages these last couple weeks.  Not only that, but I’ve gotten a ton of loot from blog readers in the last few weeks, and I hopefully haven’t forgotten any of them – if I did – please remind me! Jaclyn is a blog reader from Texas – she send me such an adorable...

We’ve lived in our town for thirteen years.  I drive the same road back and forth to the town where I normally grocery shop.  I pass by landmarks that I notice are there, but don’t really pay attention to all that much.  So when it got time to tell the hospice who I chose for a funeral home when the time came, I just gave...

I can’t imagine a more stressful drive up for my parents in law.   They said at some points they could drive 70 miles per hour for 30 miles, then drive 10 miles an hour for the next 20.  I would be beside myself – just wanting to get to their only son as fast as they could. The last time I saw my parents in...

I kept my promise.  It’s a hectic morning around here, so I am taking a blog break today.  I also need to write a post where tears are not streaming down my face! So on a lighter note, I make the treats after our office Christmas party every year, and our luncheon is on Friday.  This is such a simple thing to do, but it’s...

A little over month ago, after Tony was approved for disability and we got a sizeable check for back pay for disability, Tony was the first one to declare that we needed a new roof.  Which is nothing new to us, we’ve known for the last few years that it needed to be completely replaced.  But as long time readers know, money was tight, I...