Ho-Ho-Ho! Do these iconic words from a jolly old elf produce a shiver down your spine instead of a twinkle in your eye? Yep, many folks agree: Christmas is not only the most wonderful time of the year, it’s also the most stressful. Crazy-busyness can make it feel like just another harried holiday, not a ...
Cookbook Giveaway Winners Announced!
All right! Congrats to: Diane StankoPatty BrooksEthel AppenzellerPamela WrightDonna Solze andMarie Garthwaite Come on down! (If you’re not on this list, don’t fret … keep reading. Another chance to win is right around the corner!) Okay, so maybe you don’t need to go anywhere, but you’ve just won a free copy of my new Too ...
The Wee Hours
Whew! I’m dragging. And there’s not much I can do about it. Aside from clonking myself over the head with a hammer. And believe me I’ve considered it. About five years ago I asked Papa God for more hours in the day to get things done. He sent me menopause. Now I have half the ...
Cookbook Giveaway
Releases Nov 1 I’m really excited to announce that my long awaited Too Blessed to be Stressed Cookbook will hit bookstore shelves in a matter of days! I want you to be as excited as I am, so I’m GIVING AWAY copies!! If you’ve been following my blog (if not, subscribe now so you won’t ...
I’d Rather Eat Oatmeal
Floating restaurant in Thailand My missionary friends Lilli and Rene just got back from Thailand and in honor of the upcoming release of my Too Blessed to be Stressed Cookbook, entertained Spouse and me with foodie stories for hours. In Bankok, they encountered floating markets on wide canals that contained little shoppes and restaurants. The ...
Stress-Free Cooking
Look what’s hot! Here’s the third video sample of one of the great dishes from my upcoming Too Blessed to be Stressed Cookbook (releasing Nov 1, 2015). Every recipe requires less than 20 minutes hands-on prep time to help decom-stress your life. You can preorder the cookbook HERE You’re gonna love Cheese-Broccoli Chowder – so ...
Some Day
Fascinating Turkey We were four old friends sitting together in a restaurant catching up over lunch. Judie enthralled us with exotic tales of her trip to Turkey, which she had always said she’d take some day, and finally did. Joy’s fork paused halfway to her mouth and she pensively said, “Some day. I just read ...
Stirred, Not Shaken
Our charred porch “Fire!” I startled awake from a dead sleep last Sunday afternoon, the word we all dread to hear vibrating through my every molecule. “Fire!” I heard it again, this time recognizing Chuck’s strained voice only a decibel below scream level. Sitting up and staring dumbly at my surroundings, I groggily realized I ...
Stress-Free Cooking
I’m sooo excited to share this first short video introducing stress-free cooking recipes from my Too Blessed to be Stressed Cookbook, releasing online and in bookstores Nov 1. Three additional videos are in production and will be released within the next two months. Rachael Ray I’m not, but I do enjoy creating quicker, easier ways ...
Near Misses
KaBLAM. Whoa. That was close. My nose hairs are standing at attention, my skin is crawling and my teeth are tingling like I just bit into a wad of tin foil. Ever felt like this? Living in the lightning capital of the world (Tampa area), I experience this nasty sensation more often than I’d like. ...
