Time…

It’s been a busy summer so far both personally and work wise and we haven’t even gotten to the really warm days so I’m a little nervous. I got a promotion and a new person to train and it always amazes me how much time and energy that takes. I spend so much of the […]

Reading Challenge

I read a lot. I mean A LOT. I always remember having a book with me when I was growing up and before I went to Culinary School I was going to school to get a degree in Library Sciences. Even now I carry my kindle with me where ever I go. Goodreads is […]

Writer’s block or just no ideas…

When I restarted my blog I made a vow to write every day. But for a few day’s I neglected my writing. I was surprised how difficult it was after just a few missed days how hard it was to actually sit down and write. I’m not sure if I’m experiencing writer’s block or if […]

To plant or not to plant

It’s that strange time of year where you want your garden to be putting out huge, healthy veggies but it can’t because the blasted weather is 48 degrees and pouring rain. In some parts of the country I’m sure there are people who have been growing for a couple of months but here in Montana […]

Music in the Kitchen

When I was in Culinary school there was no music in our classroom kitchens. Then when I went to my first job at a large resort on the Oregon Coast I worked in a bunch of different departments and the only one that played music was when I was in the bake shop. I’m […]

Counting sheep doesn’t work

At 3 am this morning something woke me up from a deep sleep and my brain wouldn’t let me go back to sleep. I tried meditative breathing, listening to light piano music and just plain old counting sheep. As I was lying there trying to sleep I wondered why counting sheep? I mean really why is […]

Saying goodbye

In the fall of 2003 my heart was stolen by a little grey kitten with a snowy white chest. My son at the time was about 6 and for some reason he named the kitten Patches. Now don’t get me wrong its a cute name but this kitten had no patches at all, more like […]

Cauliflower Rice

What a weird title right? But as I was sitting here thinking about posts for the next few days my mind kept going back to a Chicken Fried Rice dish that I learned to make in my first job out of Culinary School oh 23 years or so ago. It had this amazing rice that […]

Knowing your worth

I’ve learned in the last few years that no matter what other people think of me and there are some out there who think I’m a monster, that their opinion, their judgement, means nothing. I’m still a kind and loving woman who has an amazing life and wonderful relationships. Others may have tried to control […]

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day can either be a really happy day to celebrate the woman in your life that helped to shape you and guide you. But it can also highlight the broken relationship between Mother and Daughter that no one talks about. That I don’t talk about. What is it about the dichotomy of relationships between […]