I love these meatballs! They are super easy to make, and the hardest part is getting out all the spice jars. With this mix, that problem is solved. The meatballs make great appetizers, a hearty main dish, and yummy meatball subs. Bake these quickly in the oven, then let them simmer in sauce in your crock pot until you need them.
If you are noticing something wonky on my blog, I’d like to explain. Over the weekend I tried to repair one of my sites that became corrupted. The easiest way was to delete the files and start over. I made an error and deleted the files to all my websites. I have 2 backup systems in place, just to be safe, but they both failed. I spent hours on the phone with Host Gator customer service and learned more about web development than I thought I’d ever know and have most things repaired on all the sites except for the pictures on this blog. (Thankfully files are for operating systems, templates, pictures, and plugins, while blog post words and data are kept in databases. I still had my databases to repair from.) There are thousands of pictures to fix, but I have copies of most of the pictures on my hard drive and some of them I had planned to rephotograph over the summer anyway.
I got a great question in the comments on last Friday’s post. Read more
I was hanging out with some readers on facebook last week and one of them asked, “What’s an envelope system?” I searched for a link to my blog post all about envelope systems and you know what? I never wrote one! I talk about them here and there, but didn’t cover the basics in much detail.
An envelope system is Read more
My brain is so full of stuff that I want to tell you and none of it is important. I wish I could have you over for some herbal tea and cookies. It would start a little awkward and quiet but then pretty soon we would be laughing tears down our faces as we shared the crazy things our kids said when they were toddlers. Read more
Yesterday, I showed you Kristen’s School Room. Today I want to show you her living room. Just for a reminder, this is her color scheme and we’re trying to fit in a 1927 time period:
Oh the arches! This house just oozes with charm. You can see how it is adjacent to her sunroom and joined by a nice large cased opening. Can you just imagine seeing that darling school room from here? See the sitting area on the left with the 2 chairs and the side table? That’s where I imagine her piano will go. Read more
Kristen has been a long time GS reader and blogs over at Whole Hearted Mommy. Her family is adorable. Those cheeks on her kiddoes…I could kiss them all day. Kristen, how do you get anything done?
She let me do a before and after photoshop makeover of her sunroom. Her house was made in 1927 and has charming arched doorways and crown molding everywhere. Read more
Calzones are my favorite to make, because you can tuck almost any combo of leftovers in them and have a portable meal to go. We especially like ham and cheddar; turkey, broccoli and swiss; pizza combos; and bbq. They are great for grabbing to eat at the soccer fields or for a picnic meal. My kids even like to pack leftover calzones for cold lunches. The whole thing can be done from the homemade dough, to the meal in hand in around 45 minutes, and most of that is wait time. Read more
I’ve been thinking about love a lot the last few days as we meandered through Valentine’s day, about the heartbreak of my teen years and wondering how I could protect my kids from some of that. I wouldn’t insulate them from all of life’s heartbreaks. That would be robbing them of crucial character development. I would, however, like to Read more
