Cheddar biscuits
A few weeks ago Mr. Hampton and I went to Red Lobster for dinner. We both agree that the best part of eating at Red Lobster is the cheddar biscuits. ...
Father’s Day gift wrapping
This year my brother and sister-in-law and Mr. Hampton and myself went in on a gift card to Mike Linnig’s seafood restaurant for my dad for Father’s Day. He’s been ...
Weekly weigh-in #57
Sometimes I get overwhelmed with all of the food rules floating around. There are dozens (or more) different plans to get healthy – I read an online article last night ...
What I scored: Week 76
I received some really great freebies in my mail this week – a Mio beverage flavor sample and a coupon for free Charmin toilet paper among magazines, other coupons and ...
Summer garden 2013 update #5
It’s been a great week for my garden. It must really love the hot, humid temperatures followed by cool with a thunderstorm mixed in every now and then. Here’s how ...
Oatmeal raisin cookies (no sugar, no flour version)
My Aunt Becky is a devoted blog reader (thanks, Aunt Becky!) and she knows that I try to lead a healthy lifestyle (she does too, by taking a daily walk ...
Weekly weigh-in #56
This past weekend was devoted to showtunes. On Friday I made the pilgrimage to Lexington for my annual viewing of University of Kentucky Opera’s “Grand Night for Singing” with my ...
What I scored: Week 75
This week I got a ton of really great, sorta random free things: In my mailbox there were magazines, coupons, “Keep Calm and Carry On” postcards, a feather stylus, wipes ...
Summer garden 2013 update #4
My garden is growing right along as you can tell from this comparison of the raised beds over the last four weeks: I harvested some basil and made pesto earlier ...
Pesto made with fresh basil
My garden has three basil plants that are just flourishing – creating more basil than I could ever possibly eat at once. I didn’t want those aromatic green leaves of ...