Author: traci

  • Mom, What’s For Dinner? – Week of August 20, 2017

    It’s that time of week again.  It’s time for the menu for the week. Last week after I made the menu, we had some difficulties with the dinners.  The meat I got from the grocery store expired much too quickly.  I had to get new meat in the middle of the week. I decided to…

  • As many of you know, I have a monarch butterfly tattoo on my left shoulder.  The top of the tattoo has purple dots because that was my sister’s favorite color.  One top wing has 2 dots which represents the fact there were 2 of us and she was 2 years younger than me.  The other…

  • Finally the Museum – Day 2 Part 3

    Join me on Saturdays for posts about our South Carolina trip. We have two more posts about the Greensboro Science Center. Today we are going to explore the museum part of the Greensboro Science Center. The gem they have in the atrium. They have a lab downstairs that we visited. The boys were able to…

  • August 2007 . . . A blast from the past

    1. Throwback Thursday: Choose a photo from August 10 years ago and write a poem or a blog post. I went on a mission this week to find photos from August 2007.  I finally found them tonight! 10 years ago, the boys were 2 and 4 and as cute as can be. The Imaginative One…

  • Monday Afternoon – Big Red Lighthouse

    Join me today for photos of Lake Michigan and the Big Red Lighthouse.

  • Mom, What’s For Dinner? – Week of August 13, 2017

    Monday starts school for the students so this week is going to be interesting. Sunday Eat out at Steak and Shake   Monday Beef and Cabbage Soup, Homemade Gluten Free Bread Tuesday Mongolian Beef Sheet Pan, Rice   Wednesday Meatloaf Muffins, Mashed Potatoes, Rice   Thursday Apricot Chicken, Rice, Veggies   Friday I’m going out…

  • A Teenager, More Family Secrets, and a Dollhouse

    I’ve now listened to the third book in the Tradd Street Series.  (Family Secrets, a Mysterious Reporter, and More Ghosts and Romance, Ghosts, and Mystery) The Strangers on Montagu Street begins with Jack dropping off his daughter, Nola, on Melanie’s doorstop.  Yeah, Jack has a teenage daughter. Nola and Jack were constantly fighting so he thought it…

  • A Ropes Course and Zoo – Day 2 Part 2

    Join me on Saturdays for posts about our South Carolina trip. Ropes Course Here is a video of the Imaginative One on the ropes course. And the Wee One on the ropes course – The boys were given a two hour block of time that they could be on the ropes course. During that time,…

  • Grandpa’s Favorite

    6. Share a favorite quote (or group of quotes) that you enjoy and describe what they mean to you. I’m actually going to share a hymn not a quote. This summer I had a chance to visit many places.  One of those places was Letchworth State Park in Castile, New York.  It’s been rated as…

  • Monday Afternoon – Windmill Island Garden Park – Windmill (Photos and Video)

    Holland, Michigan is known for its Dutch influence. One of the parks has beautiful gardens, buildings, and an authentic windmill. Join me today for photos of the authentic windmill.