Fear can paralyze strength. Fear can belittle wisdom. Fear can create chaos. Fear can manipulate truth. Fear can amplify insecurities. Fear can mute goodness. Fear can blacken day. Fear can expand deceit. Fear can wither boldness. Fear can crush action. Fear is slippery and insidious and able to enter our spirit like a virus, exponentially …
Patti Tucker
I’m a warrior-shopper. I try like hell not to pay retail and comparison shop like I have an advanced degree in it. Why? Because I know most everything, even OTC meds, can be had for less. The less I spend on essentials, the more we have for non-essentials, or more commonly known as: Stuff for …
Bakers know it. Pizza lovers know it. Now you’re about to know it. All flours are not created equal. Please, no marches on Washington. All Purpose Flour: This is the flour most everyone has in their pantry, or if you came to my house, in my fridge. (it’s humid here, so in the fridge it …
Y’all remember the Candy Bar Cake Challenge? You saw my hideous concoction… …then I challenged you to send me your not so hideous creation. Two brave readers have accepted my throw-down and submitted their pics. While no one has dared to make the cake in it’s three-layer glory, you guys did make some tasty lookin’ …
Grandma drinks?! Whaaaa….. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through the Amazon links on this page, you support the blog at no cost to yourself. It’s much appreciated!~ Oh come on, don’t be like that. Some alkeehol can be good for the soul. Just ask The German. …
Dreams are hard work. Taking the first step towards your dream is usually the easiest thing you’ll do in the journey, but even that step takes a hard swallow and shaking off the what-if voices that may surround you. Yet, as hard as that may be, it’s the slog in the middle that will have …
I haven’t baked in a while and I was itchin’, ITCHIN’!, to make these Sugar Cookie Bars: I had a hard time keeping Husband away from them long enough for me to get a photo. Recipe: PrintSugar Cookie Bars Ingredients Bars: 3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks), softened to cool room temperature 3/4 cup granulated …
Enjoying good health is like winning life’s lottery. Keeping it is altogether different. As many of you know, Mrs. Tucker is a lifelong runner (who obviously enjoys referring to herself in third-person). On June 29th, I participated in a run billed as: This is an old fashioned road race on a helluva tough course that …
See! You’re not going crazy. Perimenopause, or peri, is the culprit behind all your odd symptoms and we’re gonna discuss her dirty-dealing shenanigans today. Peri, it’s not us…IT’S YOU! So many of you came and shared your stories or just stopped for a show of support. I love that about you. We stick together …
Dearest Sweetest E, You’re gonna need friends as you stiff-arm your way through life; pick them well and they’ll be the lifeblood of your strength. Good friends make you believe you aren’t alone in the expanse of this world. Good friends are there even when physically absent, hell even in death. Good friends tell you …