So, I got up this morning ready to do my “It’s Saturday” jig when I realized…. IT’S NOT SATURDAY!!! Ugh, the nerve of Friday being here and ruining my joy over thinking it was Saturday. There is one thing wonderful about it being Friday… I have my weekly trek over to Philz Coffee today with […] Read more…
My Homestead
cooking, vegan, recipes, family, gardening at Lita’s house
Bloggy Moms February Blog Hop
Vegan Blog Hop yesterday, and now Bloggy Moms February Blog Hop today. Why? Well, because I love vegans and I love being a Mommy (and I’ve met the most fabulous bloggy moms on the Bloggy Moms site). Hope you’ll join in the fun!! Read more…
Vegan Blog Love
During this past week’s giveaways, I was overwhelmed by the responses to the Vegan (animal-friendly) handbag. There are so many incredible Vegans out there and I wanted to create a Blog Hop so we could all share our sites and inspirations with each other – and so I can simply find and link to all […] Read more…
New Garden Shoes
I’m not really a “shoe” person per se. Well, at least I don’t think so. The last time I was really, really excited about shoes would probably have been in my teens when I was getting a new pair of toe shoes for ballet class or tap shoes for tap class – and even then […] Read more…
Susan Nichole Vegan Handbag Winner!!!
The moment has finally arrived….WOW I simply cannot believe all the comments on this post! The most I have ever received on a post (151) and I’m so touched and honored and have so enjoyed reading about everyone’s favorite thing to wear!! I really got some great inspiration there! I will definitely be trying to […] Read more…
Cookbook Winners (and some Bubba)
So, so sorry for the delay with this day’s winners – the LOVE has just been overwhelming…and I’m simply basking in it!! The two winners of the cookbook of their choice are: Sue Favorite foods are fruits and veggies. I’m not vegan, but love all the fresh things and try to do as little processed […] Read more…
Winners so far….
This week has been so much fun…with all the giveaways..thank you again to all who entered. There’s still time to enter for the cookbooks and the vegan handbag from Susan Nichole! Here are the winners so far: Day #1 – Scentsy Giveaway – My mom won!! Yahoo! I’m so happy she won because she is […] Read more…
You’re on the Path to Freedom when
You know that forgiveness is the kindest thing you can do for yourself. Read more…
Blog Birthday Week Day #5 – Handbag Giveaway!!
Yahoo!! Day #5 of BLOG BIRTHDAY WEEK In my final giveaway this blog birthday week, I’m giving away this handbag from Susan Nichole: All her products are VEGAN which means they are all made with animal-friendly products. Here are her site details on this purse: Sophia is a Susan Nichole signature bag that’s back by […] Read more…
Blog Birthday Week Day #4 – Cookbooks
Today, we’re heading back on over to the Vegan side. If you enter and win today’s giveaway, you have not just one, or two, but three choices of a prize. Let’s get started with #1 The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone I’m not sure I can say enough about this book. This is the one […] Read more…
Blog Birthday Week Day 3 – Sam Moon Watch
Are you ready for day #3…wow three days in so far. Today, it’s not scented and it’s nothing to do with being vegan or green, today, it’s all about being “girlie”! Yep, even though I’m a vegan and a green gal, I’m also very “girlie”. A frugalista girl at that – as I love a […] Read more…
Blog Birthday Week Day 2 – VegNews
Are you ready for Day #2 of I hope so because…. again, today, I’m so grateful for all my readers that I want to share some of my favorite things. Today, I’m giving away 2 subscriptions to VegNews Magazine. I’ve written about VegNews in the past, so I’m sure you know it’s simply, hands down, […] Read more…
Blog Birthday Week Kick-Off
Yahoo! It’s here…my I think it will be lots of fun to celebrate my 1 year blogging anniversary by sharing some of my favorite things with you, my lovely readers, just because I love ya and appreciate all your support over this last year!! How’s that sound?!?! Let’s get this week of fun started. The […] Read more…
You’re on the Path to Freedom when…..
You forget what it was that you didn’t like about someone. Read more…
Summer (Garden) Dreamin’
We had a simply gorgeous day here in Northern California. After Pops and I took our baby Bubbaloo for his morning walk, I spent some much needed time working in the yard. When I say “much needed”, I don’t mean that the yard necessarily needed work but more that I needed the time out there. […] Read more…
Java Lovin’
Do you love coffee? Are you in the Bay Area? If you answered yes to these 2 questions, do yourself a favor and head to a Philz Coffee. They have 8 Bay Area locations. Trust me here people…this is the BEST coffee I have ever had! As the tagline reads, they make their coffee one […] Read more…
Alaska
Should we? Shouldn’t we? Should we? Shouldn’t we? This is the ongoing conversation Pops and I have been having for about 2 weeks now. The question “Go on an Alaskan Cruise?” Today, Pop’s answered that question when he called me to tell me he booked our trip for the end of July. We’re going on […] Read more…
Harley Bubba
Of course, we couldn’t go on vacation and return with nothing for our precious bulldog, so, here’s what Bubba-loo received: His very own, stylish, Harley sweatshirt (with hood). He paraded his “beefcake” look all around our town this morning – to a lot of positive reviews. He was very pleased with himself after his “fashion […] Read more…
Ciao Texas
Today, we left Texas. I’m sure we’ll be back soon. We had a fun trip and loved seeing and catching up with family! Tomorrow, back to reality…and oh yeah….work :) Happy Tuesday, ~ Lita Read more…
Ft. Worth Stock Show
Because we’re here, and the Ft. Worth Stock Show is going on today, we headed there for the afternoon. I’ll share a bit of it with you now…and much, much more later. I really got a big kick out of a lot of the signage around the show. There’s lots of Texas pride here – […] Read more…
Texas Day 3 – Museum Day
One thing you may not know about Ft. Worth, Texas is they have fabulous museums here. Today, Pops and I took in 3 of our favorites. First stop, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. This museum is simply one of our favorites. Why? you may ask? Well, they have an amazing display of “western” […] Read more…
You’re on the Path to Freedom when…
Your life has gotten progressively simpler Read more…
You know you’re in Texas when….
You know you’re in Texas when chocolate is combined with Bacon: Day 2 in Texas started with a java, a bit of Twitter and then a lovely pedicure and manicure…trust me, though it’s winter my tootsies needed it! Sorry, you probably didn’t really want to see a photo of my feet, but today, there wasn’t […] Read more…
Texas Visit – Day 1
Day 1 has been very relaxing so far. Happy to say, Pop’s mom, Mimi (yes, our youngest daughter is named after her) is doing well at 90 years of age. She’s a real Southern lady and still makes it to the beauty parlor every week to have her hair and nails done. She also always […] Read more…
Off to Texas
and this photo epitomizes how I feel: although he hasn’t been packing and going through his inbox one last time and checking/replying to messages and making lists for Mimi (dog and house sitter extraordinaire). Nope truly he’s been doing nothing this morning, but snoring under the covers on the bed…lazy boy…you’d think he’d at least […] Read more…