cultivating me

One of the best lessons I learned in life was how to create, maintain, manage and stick to a budget. Unfortunately I had to learn all this the hard way after making some terrible financial decisions…..but let’s not talk about that shall we? Thanks. Anywho, I’m a mom to 3 and a full time student [...]

TIMES UP: THANKS FOR ALL WHO ENTERED! I HAD SO MUCH FUN READING YOUR COMMENTS AND LEARNING THAT I’M NOT ALONE IN MY MESSINESS OR DISLIKE OF CLEANUP! IT SEEMS NONE OF US ENJOY THAT PART OF COOKING! I WILL BE CHOOSING A WINNER SHORTLY USING RANDOM.ORG AND ANNOUNCE THE WINNER TOMORROW SATURDAY AUGUST 2,2008. [...]

This is not your typical “It was a dark and stormy night…” kind of scary story but one that freaked me out none the less. Like many scary stories, this one started off fairly innocent. In fact, it started off on a really happy note. Just about 2 months ago I got married and a [...]

Today I made this cherry tart. This was super easy to make and my twist on the Apricot Crostata (that’s fancy for free form tart) recipe in this cookbook. (stop by next week for your chance to win your own copy!) Last night I had the pleasure of meeting the author of the cookbook, Jeanne [...]

I’ve been having a great time with the kids just hanging out, watching movies, playing games, reading books and getting started on some academic work books before the school year creeps up on us. I am hoping that we can stretch out the next few weeks as long a possible. The budget has been tight [...]

it’s pretty obvious i think but i’ve taken a blogging break. and i’m going to keep with it a little while longer i think. it’s summer, i’m done with my summer class and most importantly, the kids are home from school. during the school year all of us are so busy that i feel like [...]