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!
We have been battling indoor peeing for a while now from our two old dear male dogs. How does this happen you may ask, well here is the story... My mother-in-law has dementia and her little dog Max (who is such a good boy) lived with her for years during the run-up to her being…
Continue Reading How Putting Diapers On Our Old Dogs Saved Our Sanity
You found the perfect statement pillows. The reviews are glowing. The photo looks incredible... on someone else's bed. But will they look right on YOUR bed, in YOUR room, with YOUR headboard? Here's the truth: most of us can't visualize it until we see it. And by the time we see it - after buying,…
Continue Reading How To Decorate Your Home First By Using Canva, Ideogram and Amazon
If you grew up in the 1980s, you already know exactly what this is... Every party table, every church potluck, every holiday gathering in Northwestern Pennsylvania had some version of it. A fluffy, creamy, impossibly chocolate dip surrounded by a ring of fresh strawberries and apple slices - because technically there was fruit involved, and…
Continue Reading Chocolate Fluff Fruit Dip - The 1980s Party Treat We're Still Making
Grandma Lilly Mae would have made her pie crust from scratch. She would have squeezed every lemon by hand, probably humming something while she worked, and the result would have been the kind of pie that made grown adults close their eyes on the first bite. She was that kind of cook. I am not…
Continue Reading Old Fashioned Cream Cheese Lemonade Pie - The Easy No Bake Version
My husband and I are selling our "big house" and downsizing. Two of our three kids still live with us… one recent high school grad and one who is in college. That said, they spend A LOT of time outside of the house so it felt weird for my hubs and I to be living…
Continue Reading We Sold the Big House… and We're RENTING. Here's Why!
Let's get one thing straight right out of the gate: this recipe uses imitation crab! Krab with a K. The stuff that comes in a package at the grocery store, costs about four dollars, and somehow tastes like a beach vacation anyway! My mom would NEVER. She was a real-crab-or-nothing kind of woman, and the…
Continue Reading Old-Fashioned Cold Crab Salad - The Budget Classic We're Not Apologizing For
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:
We have been battling indoor peeing for a while now from our two old dear male dogs. How does this happen you may ask, well here is the story... My mother-in-law has dementia and her little dog Max (who is such a good boy) lived with her for years during the run-up to her being…
Continue Reading How Putting Diapers On Our Old Dogs Saved Our Sanity
You found the perfect statement pillows. The reviews are glowing. The photo looks incredible... on someone else's bed. But will they look right on YOUR bed, in YOUR room, with YOUR headboard? Here's the truth: most of us can't visualize it until we see it. And by the time we see it - after buying,…
Continue Reading How To Decorate Your Home First By Using Canva, Ideogram and Amazon
If you grew up in the 1980s, you already know exactly what this is... Every party table, every church potluck, every holiday gathering in Northwestern Pennsylvania had some version of it. A fluffy, creamy, impossibly chocolate dip surrounded by a ring of fresh strawberries and apple slices - because technically there was fruit involved, and…
Continue Reading Chocolate Fluff Fruit Dip - The 1980s Party Treat We're Still Making
Grandma Lilly Mae would have made her pie crust from scratch. She would have squeezed every lemon by hand, probably humming something while she worked, and the result would have been the kind of pie that made grown adults close their eyes on the first bite. She was that kind of cook. I am not…
Continue Reading Old Fashioned Cream Cheese Lemonade Pie - The Easy No Bake Version
My husband and I are selling our "big house" and downsizing. Two of our three kids still live with us… one recent high school grad and one who is in college. That said, they spend A LOT of time outside of the house so it felt weird for my hubs and I to be living…
Continue Reading We Sold the Big House… and We're RENTING. Here's Why!
Let's get one thing straight right out of the gate: this recipe uses imitation crab! Krab with a K. The stuff that comes in a package at the grocery store, costs about four dollars, and somehow tastes like a beach vacation anyway! My mom would NEVER. She was a real-crab-or-nothing kind of woman, and the…
Continue Reading Old-Fashioned Cold Crab Salad - The Budget Classic We're Not Apologizing For