Family is huge to me! We have a sandwich family, with three kids, two at home and one Grandma Linda living with us due to dementia.
I write about all different family topics like dementia, adopting from foster care and other fun family "stuff".
Here are a few of my recent posts to get you started!
Dementia & Alzheimers Caregivers
We are so fortunate to be able to care for my husband's Mom in our home. She fell last year and was hospitalized for two weeks, after which she moved in with us!
Here are my best tips and ideas for being a caregiver!
Pour yourself a peppermint mocha and pull up a chair, because Christmas just got a whole lot pinker! 💕🎄 This free pink Christmas stickers printable kit is five full pages of sugary holiday sweetness, with bubblegum feather trees, a retro elf with candy cane curls, a dreamy pink and teal nutcracker, and a vintage camper…
Last year I was thrust into a Grinch Christmas mantel decorating frenzy for my littlest granddaughter, Skye, who loves the Grinch more than Santa Claus himself! But what about my other granddaughter, Emmy? How could I make HER Christmas dreams come true at Grandberry's house? By decorating the counter for Wicked, of course! What I…
Can I tell you one of my very favorite things in the whole world? A shish kabob. Juicy chunks of chicken, sweet peppers with a little char on the edges, and mushrooms that soak up all that marinade. Food on a stick just makes dinner feel like a party! Lucky for me, my old man…
Continue Reading Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Kabobs in the Oven - Juicy, Colorful & Ready in 20 Minutes
Confession... until we got our kids, I had no idea pepperoncinis existed. I'm not sure how I made it that far in life without them, but there you go. Then the kids showed up, and so did the pepperoncinis. Suddenly they were on our nachos. On our pizza. And then, because why not, in our…
Continue Reading Oven Baked Sheet Pan Mississippi Chicken With Crispy Baby Red Potatoes
Grab your scissors, because this one is bursting with color! These free Dia de los Muertos printables are packed with sugar skull stickers, catrina journaling cards, papel picado borders, marigold washi strips and the cutest little folk art chihuahua you ever did see. Think hot pink, marigold orange, turquoise and deep purple, all layered with…
Sheet Pan Ranch Pork Chops and Potatoes is an easy one-pan dinner packed with hearty, comforting flavor. Juicy pork chops and tender potatoes are seasoned with ranch and a couple of pantry spices, then roasted together for a simple, satisfying meal. You know that my hubs is a "man's man." He grew up in Minnesota,…
Read all my Caregiver Articles!
Natural Living
I am a tree hugging, pescatarian eating, allergy sufferer from way back! With that in mind, I am always looking for natural ways to keep my home clean and our family healthy!
Here are my top posts about natural living:
Read all my Natural Living articles!
Adopting From Foster Care
We adopted our kids from foster care! They are amazing and wonderful, and sometimes a handful to handle because of past trauma.
Here are my best posts about what we learned about adopting from foster care:
Pour yourself a peppermint mocha and pull up a chair, because Christmas just got a whole lot pinker! 💕🎄 This free pink Christmas stickers printable kit is five full pages of sugary holiday sweetness, with bubblegum feather trees, a retro elf with candy cane curls, a dreamy pink and teal nutcracker, and a vintage camper…
Last year I was thrust into a Grinch Christmas mantel decorating frenzy for my littlest granddaughter, Skye, who loves the Grinch more than Santa Claus himself! But what about my other granddaughter, Emmy? How could I make HER Christmas dreams come true at Grandberry's house? By decorating the counter for Wicked, of course! What I…
Can I tell you one of my very favorite things in the whole world? A shish kabob. Juicy chunks of chicken, sweet peppers with a little char on the edges, and mushrooms that soak up all that marinade. Food on a stick just makes dinner feel like a party! Lucky for me, my old man…
Continue Reading Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Kabobs in the Oven - Juicy, Colorful & Ready in 20 Minutes
Confession... until we got our kids, I had no idea pepperoncinis existed. I'm not sure how I made it that far in life without them, but there you go. Then the kids showed up, and so did the pepperoncinis. Suddenly they were on our nachos. On our pizza. And then, because why not, in our…
Continue Reading Oven Baked Sheet Pan Mississippi Chicken With Crispy Baby Red Potatoes
Grab your scissors, because this one is bursting with color! These free Dia de los Muertos printables are packed with sugar skull stickers, catrina journaling cards, papel picado borders, marigold washi strips and the cutest little folk art chihuahua you ever did see. Think hot pink, marigold orange, turquoise and deep purple, all layered with…
Sheet Pan Ranch Pork Chops and Potatoes is an easy one-pan dinner packed with hearty, comforting flavor. Juicy pork chops and tender potatoes are seasoned with ranch and a couple of pantry spices, then roasted together for a simple, satisfying meal. You know that my hubs is a "man's man." He grew up in Minnesota,…