The saying goes that when you have lemons, you should make lemonade. We have a lemon tree in our backyard, so we decided we would literally make lemonade. The result was this easy lemonade recipe. Then we came up with an easy upgrade to also make Cherry Heart Lemonade. Before we made our own lemonade […]

My go-to tropical cocktail used to be a Pina Colada, but when my husband and I visited Maui, I decided to try something else. That was my first time drinking a Mai Tai, and it soon became my new favorite cocktail. I had one at the luau we went to. I had one at various […]

Luau Essentials When most people visit Hawaii, they go to at least one luau.  My husband and I went to Oahu for our honeymoon, and we loved the Kalua Pork at the Ali’i Luau we attended at the Polynesian Cultural Center.  A few years later, we visited Maui and attended the Royal Lahaina Luau where […]

What Is a Snow Day? I grew up in Ohio, so when I was a kid, a snow day meant a day off school because the roads were too icy for the school buses. It also meant bundling up in snow pants and snow boots to make snow angels, build snowmen and have snowball fights […]

It’s finally February, the month of love, or at least the month that we show our love with flowers, chocolates and gift exchange cards at school. While these are traditional types of Valentine’s Day gifts, I think it’s okay to think outside the heart-shaped box. Depending on your loved one’s love language, spending time together […]

One of the very first decisions we have to make each and every day is what we are going to wear. Some people might plan ahead and choose an outfit the night before. Some people have a specific uniform they are required to wear for school or work. For the rest of us, it’s often […]

  If you own a Fitbit, by default, you will automatically have a goal of walking 10,000 steps a day. Depending on which Fitbit model you own (I have the Fitbit Inspire 2), if you reach that goal, your watch or fitness tracker will have some sort of celebration for you to watch on the […]

When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, I couldn’t find active dry yeast or instant yeast anywhere. It’s not like the stores were out of bread, but I had extra time and wanted to bake. No yeast meant I was extremely limited on what I could do in the kitchen. Then a friend offered to give […]

When my son was first starting to eat solid food, his pediatrician recommended that he eat a certain amount of baby cereal. Instead of just giving him soupy cereal on a spoon all the time, I decided to bake with it. In my quest to have pre-made, ready to eat, sugar free food for my […]

I’ll be honest – I hardly ever make a cake from scratch. While I love to bake and I often make lots other things from scratch (like bread, cookies and pancakes), for some reason when it comes to cake I usually reach for a box mix. I’m not sure why that is. Perhaps it was […]