I’m making homemade vanilla and I want to share the kind of beans I’m using. Personally, I ignored their method of making vanilla and used my own, but who knows, maybe theirs is just as great. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through the Amazon links on …
From time to time I like to bring back a recipe that I have already written about because #1: the recipe stands the test of time and #2: you need to experience the eye-rolling goodness you might have missed the first time around. Today’s eye-rolling goodness is Coffee Cake Muffins. They look amazing, right? Trust …
You’ve read what I covered my iPhone’s face with (OtterBox Alpha Glass); today I want to talk about the cover I use to protect my phone’s body. ~ 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 …
This is the time of year many folks, homemaking vanilla kinda-folks, start thinking about putting vanilla beans in jars with vodka or rum, storing them away in a cool dark place for a few months, then having a delicious, much sought after Christmas gift on hand for their friends and loved ones. Are you homemaking …
My public journey through breast cancer is well-documented on this site. (Key the words “breast cancer” into the search bar and you’ll find the posts.) Today, I’m yapping about the collateral damage that can accompany a diagnosis. You know, cause having breast cancer is just. not. hellish. enough. To start, when newly diagnosed, you …
I love the smell of ripe peaches, don’t you? The last batch I brought home, I held up to my nose, greedily inhaled, smiled in sweet peachy happiness, then made Garry do the same. Nirvana. After the fruity smellathon, I got to bakin’ a peach crumb coffee cake in a cast iron skillet with those …
I have entered the hallowed land of iPhone owners and after slapping my hard-earned money down (my service is Boost, so I pay outright for the phone), I knew I needed serious protection of the Otterbox sort. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through the Amazon links …
This post is sponsored by The Women Bloggers LLC, owner of Texas Women Bloggers and Megaphone Influence, on behalf of Riceland Foods. All opinions and recipes (yurm!) are mine. #ProntoPerfectRice You’ve got a crowd…they be hungry. What to do? WHAT. TO. DO? How about Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas over a bed of Riceland Boil-in-Bag Rice? …
There are so many new readers here that I thought I’d share a few posts from my early days, starting with this one. When I write, I try to keep at the forefront of my thoughts that we are the same, you and I. We are the same, even if we don’t believe in the …
Most of us have something that we just can’t get enough of. Garry loves carry-on bags and jackets; I’m a sucker for kitchenware, but most especially, Fiestaware dishes. ~ 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 …