Back when I was in high school I didn’t cook a lot, but what I did do once in a while was make cookies.  I especially loved my Grandma’s cookie recipes, frosted sugar cookies being one of my favorites.  ...

When I was little, I liked Little Debbie snacks.  In fact, I considered them the best part of my lunch back in the day when my Mom would pack my lunch in middle school.  I liked those vanilla cake rolls with the stra ...

Valentine's Day is a month away now, so I figure I can start making Valentine's Day treats.  Because one can never have too many of those, right?  When I was little, I loved the candy part of Valentine's Day the mo ...

I have always loved all things lemon when it comes to dessert. Growing up, I loved those tart lemon curd bars with the powdered sugar on top, and lemon poppy seed muffins, or a good lemon meringue pie.  I think I ge ...

We went from 40F degrees here at the beginning of the week to a cold snap of below zero temps in a matter of one day.  It is kind of a shock to the system, and sometimes I wonder how as a high schooler I spent every ...

Lavender is one of my favorite scents.  Next to vanilla, it is something that I enjoy using the essential oil of fairly often for scenting my personal products (like lotions, deodorants, and shampoo), as well as put ...

Now that we are past the shortest day of the year, and we are into January, I feel like things are looking up.  Not that the Holidays were bad or anything.  I am just one of those people who likes to not have to wo ...