I’ve really taken advantage of this summer, like no other. Twenty two years in the military, three years in management, a year of floundering around, and school last year and really never the time to really enjoy a summer. This year I feel as if I’m headed on a path, my keel starting to even […]
It’s so easy to forget how lucky I am to be living in a beautiful state like Montana. Montana was originally known as the treasure state because of all the mining, the remnants in Butte are a reminder to us that this was once the copper king’s world. Growing up I knew Montana as […]
I’ve never been a gardener other than just a dabbling here or there, mostly container type gardening and mostly beautification gardening other than some tomatoes, peppers, and herbs. It wasn’t a lack of desire, it’s just that the military lifestyle makes it difficult, new place, new climate…new everything! Then I became a board member of […]
Who loves Chinese take-out? I do, I do! Actually I love Chinese take-out, Chinese to-go, Chinese sit-down, and on rare occasion a good Chinese buffet. What I don’t love is super greasy Chinese, which seems to be the standard in my local area. We recently had a decent Chinese restaurant called Umami open downtown; it’s […]
This past week has been all about catch up. It’s great to take some time off and travel but many things build up while your gone. This week has seemed like an endless array of laundry, email and yard work. The weeds, gah, they seemed to be prolific…how do they know when the cats […]
10 years, he’s kept me around for 10 years! That’s a record for us, we’ve both been married not once but twice before. Seems like that old adage is true “third times the charm”. To celebrate a momentous milestone we decided to ride the Harleys through Glacier National Park, one of the most pristine and […]
My roots are all seafood. I grew up the daughter of a Navy diver turned commercial fisherman. I was tortured as a young child and was forced to eat scallops, geoduck, crab, sea cucumbers, abalone, ling cod, octopus, and a variety of other seafood. It depended on what my dad was diving for at the […]
Do you have any big plans for Independence Day? We are making our annual trek to Westport, Wahington for the ‘old time’ 4th of July and visiting with family, it’s kind of mini reunion time for us. Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but […]
Recently I read on Eliot’s Eats blog that fellow blogger Aimee, of Chapel Hill to Chickenville, has been going through some very difficult times.
Last month for Secret Recipe Club I got Mangia! an Italian blog. I was so excited, any excuse to make Italian food is fine with me. Then I made Double Chocolate Almond Joy Pretzel cookies. So not Italian, but oh so delicious. For my assignment this month I got Cookin with Moxie, Jamie lives in […]
