I have got to say THANK YOU again to my readers for providing me with topics for 2019... yet another that I hadn't really thought of, Recipe Organization. And well, if you looked at how I organized my recipes you would see that I, too, could use a little help when it comes to organizing my recipe collection. I have loads of cookbooks, a recipe box {because doesn't everyone need a recipe box?!}, a Pinterest board FILLED with recipes, and then.... the manila file folder stuff

While I did a complete post about Meal Planning last year, I didn’t really touch about shopping once your meal plan is in place. However, don’t ask my husband about my grocery list or how I go about unloading our grocery cart… It’s a little wacky {I admit that I may be slightly OCD about it. Everything just so – unloaded from the cart how it will be put away when we get home. And DO NOT even think about pulling all the things out of the bags to set them on the counter rathe

I have to say that this is my most FAVORITE time of the year. I love how warm and cozy the house feels with the tree up, the white lights, all the holiday decorations about the house and sending & receiving holiday cards. However... how nice would it be if it all just magically came together?! So it's Thanksgiving night and I was all ready to adorn the banister with lighted garland. I head to the bonus room to pull it all out... never even thought to check the lights befor

For years our family went to Wegmans with no particular meal plan in place for the week. We would load the cart up with fresh fruits/veggies, meats, dairy products, etc. and then just "wing it" when it came to preparing meals for the week. The trouble was that often times we wouldn't have all the ingredients that we needed for a particular meal, and without a specific plan we often didn't use everything we purchased before it would expire. After countless conversations abou