I do love me a veggie soup.  You? This one is incredibly simple to throw together and easy to modify for your tastes. PrintVeggie Soup Ingredients2 15 ounce cans of chicken stock 6 cups of water 3 large peeled and diced potatoes 1 medium to large diced onion (i prefer using sweet vidalia onions) 3-4 …

While I have offered my Patti-ized version of breast cancer advice, this post is a pure resource page for those who have no idea where to get start gathering solid info about cancer. Some links are specific to breast cancer and others cover the wider topic of cancer. I pray you never need this list, …

Grandma drinks, or as I like to say when in the company of those who get me: Grandma Dranks! I’m always on the lookout for a fun new product related to cocktail hour. The more ridiculous highbrow, the better, dahling. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through …

I love a stuffed green pepper…LOVE THEM! Do you? You do?! Well, you’re in for a treat. Traditionally, I’ve stuffed my green peppers with a meat mixture, or at least a heavily-based meat mixture. These are a little different. These are filled with deliciousness of meat, veggies and cheese if you like, then beaten eggs …

I do love an adorable Halloween costume, don’t you?  If you’re like me and the uncraftiest gal in the land, then you either buy something adorable or wing it and hope you get it right. Just in case you don’t want to wing it this year, I offer these ideas. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! …

BE HAPPY, DADGUM IT! (but if you can’t: EAT THIS) Um, stop telling me what to do, Yahoo/facebook/Twitter/Drudge links. Anyone one else suddenly feel as if happiness is the new panacea for what ails us? If I had to pigeonhole myself, I’d say I was an optimistic realist. Huh? What does that even mean? Realist: …

Remember what happened when I bought two giant jars of natural peanut butter? No? Turns out we’re not fans. I took one of the jars to Boy’s house (mostly so they couldn’t give it back!) and I resorted to making cookies with the other jar, really delicious cookies: Go See For Yourself Here. Given our …

  A year ago-ish, I posted this list on how to properly store baked goods and it’s worth a second look, especially with the holidays thisclose (yes, I know it’s only September…but soon to be October…then HOLIDAYS!) Go on, y’all take another look at the list and make sure your baked goods get the storage …

Taking dem cutesy baby pics of your kiddos and grandkiddos can be a frustrating experience, no?  YES! While this may be one of my shortest posts to date, it will be one that helps you learn some mad baby-taking photo skilz, yo. (Yes, I am aware I am the biggest doof when I write this …

I’m writing these words in early summer, June exactly, about 2/3rds of the way through my treatment plan. As of this morning, I have 5 weeks and 2 days until my last chemo treatment, which normally would be a blip on my summer calendar, but today seems like a long, hot, lonely West Texas stretch …