Peepaw and I have turned trash into treasure for as long as I can remember…so I decided to give you a tour of our Florida condo so you can see just how serious we are about reusing and repurposing items to give them new life and to keep them from the landfill…and to save a […]
Friends and Food…A Perfect Combination
When we’re entertaining friends…I’m in my Happy Place. And there is no better combination than friends and food. This week has been a whirlwind of good food and good friends, so rather than tell you all about it, let me share some photos from the past week! I love to keep things simple when it […]
Marye’s Holland “Dutch” Cookbook
It’s one thing to grow up knowing about the Holland in Michigan…but it’s quite a different story to end up as a cookbook author…in HOLLAND! (As in The Netherlands.) Peepaw’s cousin, Marye Maarsen, is living a life that would make a great movie. In 1966 Marye went to Aalsmeer, The Netherlands as a […]
Talent Runs Deep in the Kirksey Family
Talent runs deep…and it flows in many directions in the Kirksey family. But the common thread of FAITH is always there. I first met Patrice at the Outback Bowl in 2014 when her son Christian was an Iowa Hawkeye football player. And our friendship has only grown stronger since then. (If you haven’t read the […]
Outback Bowl Football 2017…A “Kinnick South” Reunion
If you only look at the Hawkeye’s score in the Outback Bowl you might expect we were sorry we made the four hour drive from Fort Lauderdale to Tampa… That score? The Gators ate us alive! 30-3. (I guess that makes us GATOR BAIT after all!) But losing the football game is really a small […]
A Lalaloopsy Baking Oven ORDEAL!
Before we close the books on our 2016 holiday season and move on to our Outback Bowl road trip…Please allow me to re-live a baking adventure from our Christmas day 2015. I still have to laugh when I remember these oven baking results with grandgirl “Little Sis”. It just goes to show…not every Christmas gift […]
Meet My Friend…A Brave Hawkeye Football Mom
Our Hawkeye football season continues right into 2017…and we’re headed on another road trip…a drive to Tampa to cheer on the Hawkeyes in the Outback Bowl on January 2, 2017. The Hawkeyes also played in the Outback Bowl in 2014, and if’ you’re a long-time follower of my blog you may remember reading about the […]
Meemaw’s Tropical Herb Garden…A Work In Progress!
There are many reasons why I love our winter home…and my tiny herb garden is certainly one of them. Every year I am anxious to see which of my mostly-perennial herbs have survived the tropical sun and heat of the long summer in Fort Lauderdale. This year when we returned, I was greeted by only […]
Merry Christmas…Kid’s Cooking Memories
As most of you know, Peepaw and I are snowbirds. And we’ve spent the past ten days packing, cleaning and traveling. And we’ve finally arrived at our Florida condo…our winter home. Just in time for Christmas. But since all of the grocery stores are closed…there will be no cooking for me today! We’re still unpacking […]
Christmas Lasagna…Let The Competition Begin!
Our son Nick played college baseball, and his wife Sarah was a college volleyball player. So you could say competition runs through their veins. And several years ago, when they decided to serve lasagna to their house full of relatives at Christmas dinner, Sarah said she planned to make her recipe, found on the Internet […]