Part II: Bless Us O Lord

I am so sorry you can't get a lick here on your computer screen My plan this week was to get so much blogging done -- get all ...

. I stepped out the back door this morning to let the dog out, and the air felt cool, light, and oh-so-slightly fall-like. I could breathe...

. The summer is getting mightily long in the tooth isn't it? I don't know if that phrase applies to anything other than people an...

. . Last night we celebrated the birthday of my son's girlfriend -- her nineteenth (oh to be so young again!). She is not a dessert l...

.    I apologize in advance for my photographs. My camera is being very fickle about which objects it would like to focus on and I can n...

. The other night when my brother's family was over for dinner, I made a huge pan of this Blueberry Crisp (I added some peaches so ...

 . My husband likes chocolate. At our favorite local ice cream store he always gets Chocolate Chocolate Chip, sometimes with bittersweet ...

. This is one of those recipes that not only does not qualify as a recipe, but it almost does not qualify as food. But it's yummy un-f...

. I apologize that it took me so long to get this recipe posted after I teased the readers of my other blog last week. This truly is some of...

Yesterday my family celebrated the lives of the Blessed Carmelite Martrys of Compiegne, sixteen sisters of the Carmelite Order who were ca...

. I mentioned on my other blog yesterday that I recently developed the bad habit of stopping at McDonald's for a Caramel Frappe wheneve...

. We are huge fans of Rita's Ice at our house. It's frequently a treat in the afternoons during the summer, but even with my "...

. Don't you hate it when the gas grill runs out of gas halfway through your Buttermilk Brined Chicken Legs ? Argh . It's just not t...

. It's back. Only in July. UDF peach ice cream. Oh yyyuuummm. It's one of my favorite things! .

. I almost didn't blog about this one, but I haven't stopped thinking about the last few pieces that are left in my freezer, and I t...

. I'm on an ice cream binge. It happens every year. The weather turns sunny, warm, and humid and I'm in the kitchen making a new fl...

. Last night we had my mom and my brother's family over for dinner. And while I knew I wouldn't be up for cooking (we ordered Take ...

. I made this dish a month or so ago when we were having friends over for lunch . And while little our visitors were not keen on my fruit s...

. I've told you about my recipe for posickles . They may not be healthy, but they're darn good. But tomorrow, I'm going to make ...

. Tonight we had family over again for dinner. And, since I was serving Christmas cookies for dessert again , I thought I'd offer everyo...