Blog for a Cause – Breast Cancer

As October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is fitting for the “Blog for a Cause” topic to be Breast Cancer. This month I am shining a spotlight on a survivor who is also a crusader – someone who has helped the cause. She is my dearest friend Maura, who I have known since I [...]

Virginia City – Ghost Town #2

Because it’s my favorite month – I’d like to write about another ghost town we visited on our last road trip.  After stopping in Bodie, California we made our way to Virginia City, Nevada. Virginia City sits at an elevation of 6,220 and, like Bodie, is also an old mining town. In addition to gold [...]

Meatless Monday – Basic Tomato Sauce

We finally had a bit of summer here in Northern California, and the warmer weather finally got my tomatoes to ripen…albeit all at once! So, I’ve been in a continuous mode of picking tomatoes to make sauce every few days. I still haven’t gotten my act together enough for canning (as in buying the jars, [...]

Sedona

DSC_0043.NEF, originally uploaded by LitasWorld. View from a Vortex

Accepting the 4th Decade

Ok, so I’m approaching the BIG FOUR – TWO at the end of this year. I know that doesn’t seem as big of a deal as the BIG four – o, but for me, somehow, it seems bigger. It is now time to accept my commitment to this fourth decade of life. It’s not that [...]

Wordless Wednesday

Cake Eaters, originally uploaded by LitasWorld Flickr account. Hunter & Westly enjoying yummy Birthday CAKE!

In Pursuit of Crunchiness

For my “Green-Tip Tuesday” post this week, I’m going to share two of the changes I’ve made (and stuck to so far) in my ongoing pursuit to have a greener and more chemical free homestead – small step by small step. As I’ve mentioned before, one of my favorite blogs to read is Crunchy Betty. [...]

Meatless Monday – Israeli Couscous with Beans & Tomatoes

Why are there no photos to go this delicious creation do you ask?? Well, probably because they are residing safe and sound on my home computer, and I currently sit here at work in my cube. (should I admit that I’m sitting at work writing on my blog??? I think it’s safe to say that [...]

Mimi’s Musings – School Bullying

My youngest step-daughter Mimi is going to be writing occasional guest posts on this blog. Here is her second post: I know that in my introduction blog post I said that my posts would mostly consist of my thoughts on pop culture. I initially intended for this post to be about a list of the [...]

Vegan Macaroons!

Here’s my “Lita’s Love” of the week. Hail Merry Vegan Macaroons! Seriously, I had my doubts about ordering these because, you see, my friend Jeanette makes the ULTIMATE macaroons. I haven’t had any of hers since becoming vegan, but I have been tortured by Pops who still consumes her divine creations any chance he gets. [...]

Bloglovin’

I just found another way to follow my favorite blogs. It’s called I’m going to give it a try – why not?! I already use Google Reader, Feedly (through Firefox) and an app on my iPad called NewsRack. What’s another way to follow for a techie geek like me? If you’d like you can click [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Bubba’s Blessing

Follow my blog with bloglovin Last Monday there was a Pet Blessing at our church in honor of  St. Francis and his love for animals. Pops and I popped over to the church with Bubba on our morning walk so he could be blessed (which was great for my nerves seeing as we’d be leaving [...]

Cathedral Rock in Sedona Arizona

Pops and I are still out and about on our latest road trip. Though I’ll have a bigger post on Sedona coming, I wanted to share this photo of Cathedral Rock. The colors in Sedona are unlike any I’ve seen anywhere else. The reds in the rocks are so bright especially against the bright blue [...]

Meatless Monday – Curry Simmer

This “Meatless Monday” nothing there’s complicated happening here…especially since I wrote this post last week the night before we left on vacation. This is the “quickie” meal for you…nothing fancy, but delicious just the same. Sometimes quick and easy are just what is called for in our house. This night, as I was trying to [...]

Soyaki!!!

Here’s my “product share” of the week…I kinda think I’ve been doing that lately without even realizing it  – though I need to think of a catchy name for it…hmmm…any ideas? Maybe “Lita’s Loves” This week, the star is: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this stuff!! I always seem to have left-over rice (or grains) along [...]

Bodie – Wild West Ghost Town

After our recent trip to Yosemite, and on our way up to visit friends in Reno, Pops and I stopped in the ghost town Bodie. I have wanted to visit Bodie for years. Not just because it’s said to be a ghost town, but also because I saw some amazing photographs of the town taken [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Club Boys

This past weekend, before Fall finally hit here, we took Hunter & Westly for a end of summer swim at our club. Here are my precious boys taking an “animal cracker” snack break.

Green Tip Tuesday – Carbon Neutral Blogging

I found this intriguing post today over at the Big Green Head Blog on how you can make your blog carbon neutral and therefore blog with a clear conscience. Here’s how it works: (visit 1 Blog, 1 Tree for more info). 1. You blog about this “my blog is carbon neutral” initiative (which originally stared [...]

Meatless Monday – Apple, Pear and Cranberry Pie

Fall is approaching – finally the past week’s heat wave has passed. Phew! We made it! When my box from “Farm Fresh to You” came this past Friday, there were beautiful apples and pears inside. Since we’re leaving later this week, on a trip to the Grand Canyon, I wanted to make an effort to [...]

Monkeying Around

As I was browsing through Westly photos the other day, when writing his birthday post, I came across this photo I took at the San Francisco Zoo. We went there for the day just a little bit after Westly was born. This guy really put on a show for everyone – he was definitely the [...]

The Big 2

Two years ago today I was in a delivery room watching my oldest daughter Libby give birth to my Grandson Westly a.k.a. “Lini”. That was the second live birth I’ve been able to watch – the first was my nephew Ty. It’s unreal, magical, beautiful and scary all together. I will admit that I spent [...]