Kim Says

The recipe for Bird’s Nest Cookies said to bake the coconut flakes for 8 – 10 minutes… This burnt mess was after only 6 minutes. Word to the wise, keep an eye on your coconuts. Better: 5 minutes and lightly toasted. Mix up the remainder of the ingredients: Roll some cute little coconut coated balls [...]

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Recently my eldest and I had a conversation about traditional holiday food fare. We discussed how it was not appropriate to try out new recipes during these very specific times of the year. For example, one year my Mother gave the job of making the green bean casserole to my sister-in-law. She made it with [...]

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I can handle weather issues for the most part. I understand the seasons and the wrath of Mother Nature’s power in each. Searing heat and drought affect my income, but the rains will come and level out. Snow falls. It might be heavy enough to knock out your power, but all it does is fall [...]

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So far the Calera Eagles softball team has only lost one game.  And the controversy remains over the question that it was by 1 point or 2. (Each team score keeper had a different number) The drama! But this weekend was a tournament. It was supposed to start on Friday night but we knew the [...]

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I’ve decided to start a new category entitled Oddities. It could have been Mental Illness or Random Thoughts, but I think Oddities is the most appropriate. Lord knows what all swirls around in our gray matter every day. Obviously sometimes it needs to just come out and be present in the day’s conversations. For example, [...]

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