October favorites!! I view October as my gateway drug to Christmas. All the fun stuff gets geared up in October. It’s a time to focus on the fun ahead and yet prepare myself for the chaos of the next 3 months….

Let’s be perfectly honest. I’m a teacher. I work with little (ie…messy) kids all day. I work in a very old musty building which explains a LOT about my allergies/sinus infections but that’s a whine for another day. I’m not exactly…

I always have lofty goals for October. This year is no different. Every year, I sit down in the week between Christmas and New Year and put in some time on long-term blog planning. I never seem to remember just how…

Before the holi-crazy takes off, I’m building a list of easy-and-keto meals to use during the week so I can limit the nights of aimless snacking on party foods. I had a dish similar to this in Estes Park, Colorado this…

I LOVED this book by Donna Grant. After reading this one, I went back to read the first book in the Heart of Texas series. This had a great balance of mystery and romance without being too over-the-top in either category….

  What’s this about? Dagger’s Edge is  the second book in the Brute Force series by Lora Leigh. The first one is Collision Point and I highly recommend reading that one first. Ivan Resnova is a former mob boss and one…

Don’t Look Back is the sixth and final installment of the Unbroken Heroes series by Dawn Ryder. We finally get Dunn’s story and it’s a great one to complete the series. This is a romantic suspense, and I’m pleasantly surprised to…

I have been a fan of Lori Foster for years and I love anything she throws at me. The light-hearted sweet stories are not to be overlooked in favor of her other genres. With Cooper’s Charm, I got my mystery along…

Cooking in July is probably the most challenging for me. It’s more of a chore “keep all the living things alive” type of cooking month. While I don’t have to worry about using the stove like in our old house and…

In my May review of the 2018-2019 Life Planner, I talked about some future purchases for fall. I didn’t waste much time with those purchase. In all fairness, most of these were used with gift codes and EC Insider points. The…