I couldn’t believe my eyes as I looked out my back porch (attached to my living room) and watched this dear so close I could hear him breathing.  I was able to snap these photos and thought you’d enjoy the beauty of mother nature.

Robin Easton is my star because she is following her dream and living the life she desired not the cards that are often dealt to you, there is much to be learned from her as she took the leap of faith and began doing what her heart and soul beckoned her to do.  I love reading her posts they are filled with wisdom and experience and today she explains how to learn to forgive instead of harboring hate and all the pain which will consume you.  Please take a moment …

I found a book my husband had given to me entitled Grandma Do You Remember When by Jim Daly and by looking through the pages I started thinking of my grandmother and how wonderful my times were with her.  She was from Poland could not speak English and yet our communication was wonderful and every time I was able to go with my mom to her house I did.   I remember like it was yesterday the beautiful plants and doilies in her living and dining room and in the small …

Father Day 101
 
Today was Fathers Day and hopefully any child who could called visited or sent a card to dad to tell them how much they love them or what they meant in their lives. There aren’t many holidays that are important and this day is one to set aside and remember because our dads are the staple of our lives. They set our values and habits along with mom they work as a team and can leave you with great memories and times you’ll relive as you grow up and become …

 Our New Site 
We are giving you a sneak peek of our new front page…this is exciting as we’ve been working on the changes for months and in addition to the new look (my icon included) designed by Liz and it really looks like me now with my short hair and filled with grey silver and old age (oh well).
 
We’ll be starting our contests adding new subjects and looking for guest poster’s to spice up opinions.  We hope you like what you see and that this new format is only the …

Roasted Red Potato’s
 
This is a great side dish.
 
A bag of red potato’s
One onion (purple)
One Pepper (green)
2 cloves garlic minced
One package of onion soup mix
Olive oil
Fresh basil
 
Cut up potato’s with skins on in chunks, cut up onion and pepper the same way.  Add the garlic and fresh basil.
Sprinkle the onion soup mix over the casserole and drizzle olive oil on top.
Cover and bake at 425 for 45 minutes.
The last 10 minutes take the cover off the brown up a bit.

Kids want and want it now…
 
 
 
When I hear children cry because they want mom or dad to buy them something in the store and when the parent says no they have a tantrum and of course then you feel like you’ve done something wrong and the dance begins and most of the time the child wins. I’m not criticizing because they give in I’m wondering if they might consider what to say before they enter the store and if the rules are broken leave with the child screaming or ranting so …

The difference between the books; The Compass and The Secret
 
I’m all for self help as I find myself still wondering where I’ve been and where I’m going therefore when I found a really interesting blog Evolving Beings and Evita spoke about the Compass as a must read I clicked on the links did a little research and purchased the book to see if once again I could improve my life. 
 
Well I’m shocked as to how much her blog and the Compass have entertained me in the past 48 hours I …

Teaching kids working is for a long time
 
My daughter has seven children five grandchildren which makes me a mom gram and great grandmother and over the last 22 years it’s been my greatest challenge to give each child a special part of me thus leaving them with cherished grandma memories and principles which will help them later in life which brings me to William my 14 year old grandson who recently began working at a dog kennel two days a week cleaning cages and when he complained he already hated …