• Glowing snow

    Winter Readiness!

    I really don’t want winter readiness yet. I would rather be summer-ready!  BUT, I live in Sandpoint Idaho, and like it or not WINTER is a comin’, and when she does, she dumps a LOT of snow on us. Check out The Husband last year. In the MIDDLE of winter! We still had so much more snow to come. So, when I say I take travel time in my car VERY seriously. (at least my car is BRIGHT orange so I can hopefully be spotted!) My Winter Steps At the beginning of winter, I make sure to fill my gas tank as soon as I’ve used a ¼ of the…

  • Dowan Plates

    Dinner Time!

    Dinner time is a pain in my skillet. I could easily cook for my entire family. Easy peasy.  Then in the blink of an eye, I am cooking for 2. ACKKKKKK!! I always make too much. Then we eat TOO much. (THEN I wonder why I’m so round??) ANYWAY!! Whine, whine…. (have too! It’s in the NAME of the BLOG!!) Cooking for two is HARD. It sounds stupid to say that but going from a big family to just two gives me a headache. Even though I WHINE about COOKING dinner. I am not whining about dishing up dinner, sitting at the table or even putting dishes in the dishwasher…