Joy of Country Living

The last two weeks have been rather interesting – although I think nerve-wracking might be a better choice of words. As you know, we do quite a bit of computer work for ourselves and clients. Some of these files were backed-up on an external hard drive….. which to my horror crashed about two weeks ago. [...]

For those that may be wondering about all the bad weather we’ve been having here in Texas - let me say, we made it through without too much damage – and it could have been a lot worse believe me. Although if you would have asked me about that yesterday,  you probably would have gotten a [...]

Just came from uploading 2 new recipes from a few years back when we were still living in Houston and I was working downtown !!!   Strawberry Cake … made from a box mix and frozen strawberries  and Sweet Potato Casserole…made from fresh or canned sweet potatoes, brown sugar and pecans.  Both are delicious!!   Enjoy!

Yikes!! I’m having a hard time getting myself back into a routine after the holidays. Sitting here trying to think of something interesting to talk about – and all that comes to mind is that I want to go lay down on the couch, read a book while eating a bowl of Eggnog ice cream [...]

Well after a couple of months of looking I finally found some curtains for the den that I like.  David and I put the curtain rod back up last weekend, hung the valances and as far as I’m concerned the den is finished. You may remember that we were putting wood paneling on the west wall.  This was partly done so [...]