Y’all know I’m a thankful kinda gal and ain’t afraid to show/tell it. It’s that time of year again when I make me a listy-loo of the thangs I’m most thankful for this year. You can read last year’s list HERE. To the list! #1: As you read this post, Garry and I are a’quiver …
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Brace yourself. Braced? Good. ~ 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!~ Yep. It’s that time again, my babies. Time to start our careful planning of what to stuff in …
The holidays are upon us and that may mean you’ll be entertaining family, maybe family with babies. What a great time for an infant CPR and choking primer! Y’all know I love a PSA. Check it HERE, HERE and HERE. Years ago, I worked in a hospital and we had to take CPR classes regularly. …
I’m an optimist. Things are gonna work out, baby. < See? Optimism. My father used to tell me that I was the most naive person he knew. That life wasn’t all sunshine and blue birds, Sunshine. I’d kiss his cheek, tell him I loved him and that it wasn’t naivety that he was witnessing, it …
Thanksgiving be coming, y’all! Like I had to remind you. What kinda pies are you making? Pumpkin? Check. Chocolate Pecan? Check. Pie in a Jar? Um, say what? To be clear: this has nothing to do with mason jars; I think we all know how I feel about food in a jar. ~ A gentle …
WAKE UP! You’re totally not dreaming, but these bars are what dreams are made of…sugar and spice and mmmmm, everything nice. I know you’re starting to think about your holiday baking. You’ve got cookies out the wazoo (yeouch!) But do you have an easy and elegant recipe that you’ll want to hoard for yourself as …
You liked it, you really liked it…the inaugural ASK OMT!, that is! Onward to the second in the series. Here’s what I promise: * I’ll answer as honestly as I can. * I won’t sugarcoat or bs my way through the answers. * I’ll offer this caveat: Once some things are seen, they can’t be …
As we age, we lose muscle mass. It’s a natural occurring process known as sarcopenia, a diagnostic term derived from two Latin words, “sarco” for muscle, and “penia” for wasting. For women, this muscle mass reduction and the overwhelming symptoms of perimenopause such as crashing fatigue, depression and hormone loss, can lead to weight gain. …
October is Adopt A Shelter Dog month! Yep, these sweet babies get an entire month of love and why not? They need us; we need them. Get to adopting! Every single dog we have brought into our home has been a shelter baby, or a foster, as in Dexter’s case. Dexter, oh our sweet Dexter. …
One year for Christmas I received an unexpected gift from Boy that I honestly thought I’d never use; I got a silicone non-stick baker’s mat. Confession: I’m an old school baker that eschews most anything silicone. It isn’t aesthetically or physically appealing to me. To be honest it gives me the icks. THE ICKS, I …