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Archiving Family History

Archiving Family History

Recently I did a little archiving of family history.  I’m a bit of a pack rat. I don’t deny this. I’m a collector, a keeper, a saver, and I’m destined to be one of those people who will grow old and when I die you will enter my house and find mazes consisting of old...

Menu Plan Monday ~ In Reverse ~ July 9

Menu planning takes time, I sit down and study our calendar for the week and plan out what meal will work perfectly for each day.  Some days require a quick, on-the-go meal, while others offer more time to get creative with my cooking.  During the week I’m always so glad to have the plan to...

~~Sunday Sayings~~

Each Sunday I want to share with you a few words of wisdom.  These might be words that I have stumbled upon during my day to day life, lyrics from a favorite song, a poem, a knock-knock joke, a quote from someone famous, or even from someone not-so-famous.  Sometimes I see a quote, or hear...

Water Play at Parky’s Wetland Adventure

Parky’s Wetland Adventure at Woodland Mound Park in Cincinnati…    

Office Visits

Today we visited Papa & Aunt Tessy at Children, Inc. and had lunch with them, and then we went down the street to visit Nana at her office.  Such a hard day at the work for these kids!  Too bad Uncle Johnny had a hair appointment or we might just have bombarded him at his office...

{this moment}

Inspired by SouleMama: A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see....
My Favorite Eggs: Goat Cheese + Basil

My Favorite Eggs: Goat Cheese + Basil

I hope you don’t think this week’s recipe is lame, but I’m quite smitten with these simple scrambled eggs I’ve concocted.  I’ll share the very simple recipe with you in the hopes that you will be smitten with the basil+goat cheese combo too.  And then if you want to share your favorite eggs recipe below...

Crayola Summer Fun Giveaway

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.  Congrats to Renny & Mel who said:  “Favorite way to keep my son happy on a long car ride: lots of tunes. “Family Time” by Ziggy Marley is our favorite album at the moment.” Please email me at: Katie(at)Cards-by-Katie(dot)com to claim your prize!  Thanks to everyone who participated, and stay...

Menu Plan Monday ~ July 2

I’m pleased as punch to share our menu from last week with you….as I said last Monday, I’ve been a total slacker in the kitchen this summer.  But all that has changed!  Last week we had healthy home-cooked meals almost every night!  With the exception of Sunday night, when we went to our favorite neighborhood...

{this moment} — seven years ago

Happy birthday to my sweet, smart & funny boy….I hope it’s a spectacular birthday weekend!

Pride Park…Six Years Later

I was snapping pix of the kids at the park this morning and realized that I had snapped some very similar pictures about 6.5 years ago when we were at the park during my Grandmother’s 80th birthday party.  My how things have changed in the years since! Going up the ladder… January 2006 (Ella 2.5...

Veronica’s Wedding Shower ~ The Details

A few weeks ago I had a wedding shower for my fabulous cousin Veronica.  There was no theme, no grand decorations or elaborate plans.  I kept it simple & sweet, and relied heavily on homemade goodness & the help of others to make this party memorable.  And it was.  I’m going to share some of the party-planning...