Harry Potter Mania – Tell Me, Did You Dress Up for the Movie Premiere?

OK – I admit, we weren’t furiously searching for blond wigs yesterday in preparation for the movie premiere. We didn’t completely jump on the Harry Potter bandwagon and dress up for the midnight show today. We waited until the first show at 10:30 am and all went, albeit, not dressed up. Although, had we planned…

Favorites Books that You Can ALWAYS Pick Up and Read

I know everyone has a list of their favorite books or books that have had a significant impact on them. My post today is a list of my top 5 favorite books. I love to read so it is hard to narrow this list down to just five, but here goes: Gone with the Wind…

Dream Dinners are a Snap to Assemble

Dream Dinners… just the words by themselves sound so nice, like someone else is making me dinner. Close, but not quite. Dream Dinners is a place where you assemble dinners for freezing and cooking later. There are other places similar to this particular company (it’s in 29 states) and there are many other  franchises throughout…

Burnt Cinnamon or Strawberry Pink Peppercorn?

Burnt Cinnamon or Strawberry Pink Peppercorn? Those were a few of the flavor choices that greeted us when we walked into The Penny Ice Creamery in Santa Cruz last weekend. The crew behind the counter encouraged us to have as many tastings as we wanted to explore all of the flavors – which we did,…