mkIt’s officially NOT the holiday season. Why does life speed up in those 12 weeks between Halloween and Christmas? I just want to soak it all in; the shopping for the perfect turkey, the aroma …
One Happy
There is a last word of each year, and most people say it at 11:59:59PM on December 31st. ONE. Followed by a first word of the New Year, HAPPY. Across all my social media, I …
roast chicken with herb-cream wine sauce
Roasted chicken….there’s just something so simple and cozy about a meal a simple as a roast chicken with a creamy herb gravy….or sauce if you want to sound fancy. I chopped up the parsley, …
homeschool year 22-23
It’s been awhile sine I dared how the whole homeschooling journey has gone. I cannot believe it’s been nine years since I began… NINE years. This year, I’m homeschooling my 11th grader, first grader and …
Taylor Swift chai sugar cookies
Y’all…I got to go to the Eras tour… Â (Insert a dizzying head spinning happy dance with glitter, confetti and fireworks) BUT: It’s a bittersweet story because it involves the disintegration of two friendships, and the …
fried green tomatoes
Call it a midlife crisis or a middle of the night idea.. but I have been drawn to the old recipes lately. The recipes that not many people eat, much less prepare these days. …
strawberry pie
Who remembers this song: Strawberry wine… seventeen … first taste of love… I’m pretty sure it was in the 90s. And, I’m pretty sure a lot of my (mis)adventures of the 90s involved strawberry …
dry rib rub
You guys… this stuff is so good. I make my father in law a huge batch when I see him. He says he uses it on everything; steaks, chops, burgers, ribs… Of course, I offered …
summertime… and the living is_________
It’s  summer!!! Okay, well… it’s been summer. Heck, it’s almost always summer (at least weather-wise) where I live. We have three seasons; warm, hot and Africa sauna hot. But…. summertime around here means I don’t …
family update
We started 2021 with four new additions to our family. Yes, FOUR. (No, they aren’t all puppies. ) Two puppies and a toddler, and a blue and gold Macaw rescue. We decided to take in …
keeping tabs
I have several recipes I really need to post here, I mean.. it is a food blog, after all. But: there’s more. That’s why I had originally started “The Domestic Mama” ; but seriously, who …
It’s a boy!
If you’ve followed this blog for the past ten years or so, you’ll have seen the journey of my life, recipes included. From adventures with Frito Lay and Kenmore, to a very different journey of …
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