About this time last year my husband, Tim, came up with an idea and pitched it to me with the caveat that if he was completely off his rocker I should just say NO. His idea was that we should consider selling our house, purchasing and building out a van and travelling full time. Not
Fall Comfort Food
Southern Buttermilk Biscuits and Gravy Midwestern Fall weather makes me crave comfort food and Southern Buttermilk Biscuits and Gravy fit the bill!  Over breakfast in Chicago recently with family from North Carolina we discussed the differences between Southern biscuits and Midwestern biscuits…essentially the silky high clouds of the South vs the dense short biscuits served
Zucchini Season!
It’s zucchini season and my wonderful neighbors with gardens have been dropping off fresh vegetables by the heaps. So, I’ve been making lots of yummy things with the many cucumbers, tomatoes and zucchini that have rained down upon my front deck recently. Thank you to everyone for sharing the bounty! It never goes to waste
DreamVanTirement Beginnings
DreamVanTirement beginnings 8/9/2019 Every story has a beginning…this is the beginning of our retirement story…on Friday we went to the Mercedes Benz Sprinter Store to find out how soon we can purchase our van to begin building our dreamvan for retirement. What we learned was a little disheartening but we were happy to have given
National CBD Day!
August 8 is National CBD Day! By now you’ve probably heard the buzz about CBD and how you don’t catch a buzz, but still reap all the benefits of this all natural product. But not all CBD is the same. It’s still a bit of the wild west out there in terms of the quality
Cherry Bounce
It’s Cherry Bounce Time It’s that time of year in Wisconsin when the Door County cherries are ripe and ready for savoring, baking, freezing and making into Wisconsin traditions like Cherry Bounce! Cherry Bounce is said to go back to the time of George Washington, who reportedly carried it along on his travels. Whether that
CBD BioCare Sale thru Monday 7/29 Midnight EST
Summer Sale is on for CBD BioCare products 15% off all regularly priced items, plus use my code LLCBDFORME and get another 5% off. Free shipping with the purchase of 2 or more items!
That Feeling of Freedom
Do you remember the first time you rode a bicycle somewhere meaningful? Do you remember how it felt, like you had the world on a string, and all you needed was your own pedal power to go anywhere…Do you remember how exhilarating and free that felt? Well, I’ve found that feeling once again with the
Dreamtirement
Have you done any planning for retirement? Most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their retirement. Tim and I have a solid plan developed for our retirement and we are working toward our goal. It includes, you guessed it…a Sprinter Van, our game, two cats and travel around the country!
June Dairy Month
June is Dairy Month in Wisconsin– It seems pretty silly that we have an official dairy monthin Wisconsin when every day is dairy special! In June Wisconsinites celebrate Dairy Month all month long withCows on the Concourse, Breakfast On The Farm events, and the newly crowned Alice in Dairyland begins her year-long reign marketing Wisconsin Dairy products. The