High Five for Friday!

Happy Halloween! It’s been the oddest week for me. Joe got sick on Tuesday and basically missed the rest of the week of school due to some nasty upper respiratory crud. He NEVER gets sick. In fact, this was the first time ever that I had to pick him up in the nurse’s office at …

High Praise for Easy Turkey Sloppy Joes

Okay, people. Let’s all make a pact right now that each of us will try a new turkey recipe in the next week or two. One rule: it can’t be either of these turkey options (even though, yes, they are delish): Deli-sliced turkey breast sandwich (been there, done that; this is everyone’s lunch time staple) Whole …

For the Love of Special K Bars

  I’m fairly sure the Internet doesn’t really need another post with the world-famous Special K bar recipe. I mean, seriously. We could all search a thousand recipe posts on Pinterest for these sinful delights. But I’m defying the blogging gods and posting this anyway because these bars are just too powerful. 🙂 I made this classic …

Phantom, Piano & Pumpkins, Oh My!

When I left work on Friday, I told my coworkers we really didn’t have much scheduled for the weekend, besides Joe’s Halloween piano recital, but by the time the evening rolled around, we had turned one small piano recital into a Halloween occasion that included Grandma Marilyn, Auntie Jodi and cousin Morgan. In other words, …

High Five for Friday!

This has been such a productive week for me at work – I love when that happens! And in reality, I needed it, too, after being gone a couple of days last week attending a conference. Today, I’ve got a meeting that will take up most of the day and then it’s on to the weekend, …