French Silk Trifle

Whenever there is a function which includes food (wait, that would be ALL functions).   Whenever there is a function I take a dessert.  Rarely will you spy me toting in a salad or rolls.  Nope, I’m a dessert toting kinda gal.  Although I did make a corn casserole for an Easter dinner this year but…

Field Trip~Freshwater Fisheries Center

Freshwater Fishery Trip! As bona fide homeschoolers with an adorable gaggle of girls in our little group you know we have to take lots of field trips. Well, not LOTS. But enough to keep it fun and we recently had our best one ever! If you are ever within an hour or so of Athens,…

America the Beautiful

It is Memorial Day weekend and like most people I spent some time at the lake with friends, ate a hotdog and got a mild sunburn.  I also went for a walk like I often do at the state forest near our home.  As I walked I began to reflect on Memorial Day and what…

Fresh Butter

I went to Sam’s last week because I needed butter, coffee and chocolate among other things but these were top priority.  I noticed everything was a little pricier than normal, a pain I’m sure you too are familiar with.  Then I got to my beloved butter……shitake mushroom!  It was over ten dollars!  The 4 pack I’ve…

Squirrel Muffins

I recently went to a homeschool book fair with a dear friend and on the way we stopped for a much needed coffee break.  The following is the conversation I had with my 5 year old daughter, Addie, upon returning home…… Me “Miss Amanda and I went to Starbucks today for coffee”. Addie “Well, I…