With the arrival of the new year, many of us are looking to shed that extra holiday weight, detox from the sugar and wine overload or even just turn over a new leaf and begin a healthier lifestyle. As... Read more

[caption id="attachment_12480" align="alignleft" width="300"] The baby blankets today. Linus Van Pelt, of Peanuts fame, would be proud![/caption] We just spent the last two weeks with a full nest onc... Read more

Hello, my name is Ashley and I am a cereal addict. Well, I used to be. If I didn't have a family to feed, didn't enjoy cooking and wasn't paying such close attention to what I eat, I would probably ea... Read more

To say it was a great Christmas would be an understatement. As I look through all the photographs I took over the past several weeks, I see so many fun times and happy moments. I was about to share wi... Read more

I hope that everyone out there had a very merry Christmas…full of laughter and good food and gifts that don’t have to be returned. Last week I shared some of my favorite white wines that I sipped ... Read more

Another year is about to come to a close, and that has many of us looking back over the past 12 months. And while there is much that I, myself, can reflect on, I thought that I’d take a moment here ... Read more

It’s happening again. I am getting Facebook friend requests. OK this in itself isn’t all that unusual. After all, I may be a certain age, but I’m not a social pariah. What is unusual is the peop... Read more

For the holiday this year we kindly asked the grandparents to buy only one present for each boy. We really want the kids to appreciate each gift they receive, which can be hard to do when they are g... Read more

It's only the first week of December, so why do I feel like I'm behind on the holidays? To be honest, I felt that way even before Thanksgiving. I mean, it was not even Halloween when I first started s... Read more

I was looking over the family Christmas lists the other day and realized how much those lists have changed over the years.  Way back when the kids were young enough to have to dictate their letters... Read more