by Kate | Oct 24, 2009 | Kate's Kitchen, Musings
THANKS, THANKS, THANKS, everyone for your fabulous support of my crazy little blog. I giggled, I laughed, I giggled some more. So much fun. So don’t all of you fade back into commentless reading. I got up at 6 AM this morning and rushed around getting ready to...
by Kate | Oct 19, 2009 | Kate's Kitchen, Musings
I stood in the bathroom hurriedly pulling half my youngest daughter’s hair into a lopsided ponytail when Nate walked in, kissed me goodbye, and said, “I don’t know what you made, but it tastes like chalk.”
by Kate | Sep 30, 2009 | Musings, Writing
Fall colors now dot the mountain view from my kitchen window. Each morning I wake to the crisp, clean smell of fall. The changing seasons signal a time for accounting in my own life, a time to reflect and set new goals. I’m grateful it comes four times a year...
by Kate | Sep 27, 2009 | Musings
We lost our tomatoes and peppers to freezing temperatures last Monday night and snow is in our forecast for Wednesday. I’ll soon be saying goodbye to all my flowers until spring. Columbine are among my favorite flowers. The blossoms appear soft and delicate, yet...
by Kate | Aug 30, 2009 | Kate's Kitchen, Musings
With all the talk about recycling, I started feeling like I wasn’t doing my part. I decided I could do more even if the facilities weren’t convenient or close. I could rinse out cans and store them in my basement to take north to a recycling center. The...
by Kate | Aug 26, 2009 | Musings, Writing
Last summer my husband took a youth group to Lake Powell. That left the children and me to move the sprinkler pipe. Up until that time, I had helped move the pipe but had never been responsible for shutting off a riser (the white part of the pipe in the picture) and...