Update (7/29)!! My book is going to be a book!! Swoon Romance will be publishing TWELVE STEPS in 2014! (I've removed the excerpt I had...

So my blog has been fairly neglected for the past week. I had plans to post a yummy Crock Pot Gourmet recipe last Thursday, and I had all s...

For months, I've been wanting to get to know my neighbors better. We've been on friendly terms since we moved in back at the end of ...

It's Thursday again, which usually means a new and delicious recipe from the kitchen of yours truly... But I'm running a little be...

I really hated this book! Don't get me wrong. It's very well-written. But that's the problem. It was TOO well-written. T...

It's been a while since I wrote a simple "I am so grateful" blog post, but I feel like I need to take a moment this week to co...

I don't read a lot of mysteries or thrillers anymore, but when I received DEAD GIRL MOON by Charlie Price , I was intrigued. The pre...

I know I said that last week’s installment was the end of my brain tumor story (If you missed reading the story, you can catch up now! Th...

Sometimes, I want a nice, warm bowl of chili, but I don't want something from a can and I didn't plan ahead to soak a pot of beans ...

Z IS FOR MOOSE by Kelly Bingham , illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky , is the best alphabet book ever written! (Yes, there was a sale on ex...

If you haven't read the beginning of my brain tumor story, you can read part One , Two ,  Three, and Four  of the story by clicking...

You can serve this delicious and simple Chicken Vegetable Curry with plain, brown rice, or with the Creamy Brown Rice with Shiitake Mush...

VANISH by Karen Spafford-Fitz is a thrilling mystery for the middle-grade crowd. Fourteen-year-old Simone feels like her life is in a...

If you need to catch up, you can read part One , Two and Three of the story by clicking the links. In the fall of 2002, when I finis...

Today is Brenda Drake's birthday!!   To celebrate, she's giving us a gift!! A sneak peek at the cover of her debut novel, LIBR...

Split Pea Soup is one of our favorite cool-weather meals, but it certainly doesn't photograph well. My daughter pointed out to me a fe...