Slices of Life

  Tomorrow is the last Saturday of the month and time for the Share 4 Somethings link up with Jennifer. Once again we'll be sharing some things we've  loved and/or disliked, accomplished, some things we've improved upon and/or that need improvement, and noticed Loved/Disliked:   Loved: My creativity has come back in a big way this month and I completed another painting, worked on so many beautiful cards and scrapbook pages, and even tried my hand at a few new recipes (like making pickles and relish!-- though I am terrified of making my family sick... ) Disliked: I was deleting a bunch of old Google photos only to find that it erased many of them (from prior to 2017) off my blog posts as well so I've been working overtime trying to "fix" my old posts. Recreating many of the recipes I need photos for-- like our summer squash lasagna, waffled French toast, chicken/broccoli/rice casserole.  Accomplished:  We got Alec all moved in! Something I've Improved Up

It's the last Thursday of the month and time to join in with Holly & Patty for their monthly musings. Even though things are quite different with 3 boys taking college classes I thought it would be fun to join in with this month's Back to School themed questions.  1. I do meal plan; sometimes we meal plan for the whole month and other times we just take it week by week. I do try to get everyone's input so I tend to meal plan at dinner while we're all sitting together. That way each person only has to come up with 1 or 2 ideas and we're set for awhile.  Just a couple of years ago we shared some quick family meal ideas here 2. We don't have any back to school traditions. 3. We didn't do much shopping for any traditional back to school supplies this year but I did buy Evan some clothes at Old Navy, Alec some Pj's from Kohl's (the only place I know of that carries tall sizes for men's sleepwear), Amazon & Target for dorm shopping.   I was so

It's the last Wednesday of the month and that means it's time for What's Up Wednesday. How is it already "back to school/end of summer?" Even though my boys are all starting college this week I'm still going to enjoy some late summer fun in September (I hope!). Though the weather is definitely cooling off..  What We're Eating: Sunday: Pulled pork sandwiches with cucumber salad and salad We tried a new recipe and I just loved this cucumber salad Monday: Chicken Fajita rice bowls Tuesday:  Pasta with homemade sauce and salad (and probably meatballs for the guys) Wednesday: Chicken patty sandwiches with homemade pickles and fries (tater tots for the guys and butternut squash for me) with salad.  Thursday:  Shrimp stir-fry over rice Friday: Steak and cheese grinders with chips and salad Saturday:   Corn fritters with green beans and salad What I'm Reminiscing About:  Sending out first kid away to college has brought up all my old college memories-- while I