Tonight is girl’s night. It doesn’t look exactly the same as it did when we were younger. We aren’t going to a club for drinks. We are going to eat Chinese and talk about everything we still need to get done before school starts for the kids next week. We are the Goof Troop; so… Continue reading Goof Troop
Despite zero signs of the heat wave relenting any time soon, my family decided to go to the summer celebration at our local amusement park. Any Ozarker worth his weight knows that summer isn’t complete without at least one visit to Silver Dollar City, or as the locals lovingly refer to it, Steal Your Dollar… Continue reading Steal Your Dollar City
This week the temperature is hovering in the nineties. It’s humid and oppressive. It makes everyone slow down and quite frankly, people are cranky. But we have loooong winters in the Ozarks and hiding out indoors during the summer won’t do. Enter the covered patio. It’s screened in, which is such a luxury because we… Continue reading Our shady Oasis
What an exciting week it’s been since my last post. Over the weekend we celebrated my mother’s 67th birthday and just this morning my new niece was born! It looks like next year we get to celebrate two July birthdays! We hosted my mother’s party at our home, and I made a lemon blueberry sheet… Continue reading Celebrating Mom
This week I am sharing the perfect salad for a hot summer day. The bacon, lettuce and tomato salad is the perfectly salty yet light combo for a sultry afternoon. I crave this salad so much during the heat wave of July and August that we eat it at least once a week. My nine… Continue reading Summer BLT Salad
I am so proud to be an American! I love my country and I love the Ozarks. Celebrating the birth of our nation on July 4th is the best part of summer. Our Declaration of Independence is what makes it possible for us to live freely and enjoy the rest of the year too. It’s… Continue reading Honor America 2025
