A lifestyle blog for finding MAGIC every day!
How are you holding up? Yes. I know. We are all doing the best we can. And hopefully it is working. For a Quick Break from being Inside, we walked the Irrigation Ditch. There were a few people with the same idea. We waved to each other and kept walking. Keeping safe distances. The sun …
One Week Down. Trying to Keep Spirits High. Home School and Work Flowing with Wonky, Slow Internet but We’re Making Due. Silly Meal Time gives us all a Lift. Today’s Adventure. Dining in a Scottish Cottage overlooking the Sea. How about a Cottage Pie? Well…what I think a Cottage Pie is. 🙂 Pork Mixed with …
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Home. At least 3 Weeks. School at Home. Work at Home. Crazy Yet? Let’s Give Dinner a Zing with some Magic. Tonight – Taco Crescents! Easy and Fast. If you don’t have all the ingredients…No Worries…Improvise! My favorite way to Cook! Let’s Go! The Star is Pillsbury Crescents. Preheat Oven to 375 F. Start to …
It’s happening. I knew it would. One Day. Just Not Already. Yes. High School. My Baby will be Off to High School this Year. We obediently did the Open House and She is Almost, but Not Quite Ready. But she will be. Amy Biehl High School – a fabulous Charter School that sits in the …
Jim Henson. Kermit the Frog. Bert and Ernie. The Count. They are Here! At the Albuquerque Museum. Our local museum that doesn’t always get the fabulous credit it should. Jim Henson and Friends, a traveling exhibit! I was giddy with excitement. Mr. Doodle was on board. We had a Sunday Morning Date. The girls, not …
Recently, we had an opportunity to Meet a Living, Breathing Rock Star. A Legend. A Brave, Very Special Lady. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She was going to be in the Neighborhood. Just Down the Street. We were invited to a Lively Hour Long Session with the Focus on Children. To Listen and Learn. …
In Years Past, I Flitted Through Life. Very La Di Da-ish. Sure there were Uphill Climbs. But We Always Managed to Have the Proper Tools for the Task. Sometimes We Looked to My Creativity to Conquer the Foe. Other Times We Needed the Inner Strength of Mr. Doodle. Together with Laughter and the Job Got …
Family Meetings and Funerals. With Family Blending Thrown Into the Mix. Deep Sadness for All. An Important Meeting Needs to Happen to Decide How to Proceed. The Meeting Will Be At Our Home. But How to Gracefully Do All This…I Take a Lesson from My Mom. Serve Food. Lots and Lots of Food. But Keep …
New Mexico. 1937. A Beautiful Native American Woman. 23 years old. Born and Raised on Laguna Pueblo. New Mexico. Oldest Daughter of 8 Children. Tiny in Statute. Dynamic and Strong in Spirit. Caretaker of her Family. She Dreamed of Marrying a Cowboy. But then she got Sick. Fever. Chills. A Horrible Cough. Spitting up Blood. Tuberculosis. TB. Medicine was …
Finally. After 10 Long Weeks in a Hospital… Yes. A Table for Four. Home. The Best Medicine. I’ve Missed All of You. I’ve Missed My Life. Our Life. But Somehow….Miraculously…We are Better. Stronger as a Family. Together. Not Out of the Woods. There’s Still More Treatment. More Tests. More of Everything. An Autoimmune Disease that …