The Happy Homemaker

Well, the dizzyness and irritability is caused by labyrinthitis, an inner ear infection. Boy, do I feel terrible!

Goodness! The past few days I have not been myself. Well, I haven’t been myself more than usual. I am super tired and irritable and I feel like my brain is floating in my skull. I have hot and cold flashes and a feeling that the world is over. I feel like my body doesn’t […]

Today I went to Music Makers at the stake building. Music Makers is a music program for toddlers and preschool children in our stake.
First, we have our opening exercise where we sing a song to get to know everyone. There is a thought for the day for the moms and some announcements. Then we have […]

It is the middle of September so that means your local mall will probably open up one of those temporary Halloween Express stores.
Last night after eating at Frisch’s Big Boy, food that tasted like school cafeteria food, we checked out our Halloween Express in the building that used to have Dillard’s. We had fun looking […]

Remember when you were a child you would have arguments on the best time of the year and you would defend your birth month. I remember my cousins and I would fight about that. Adam had Halloween to brag about. Take that! I get candy! Then someone born in February would brag about Valentine’s Day […]

I can stand to be outside for more than 5 minutes. I can sit on my porch and read a book while the soothing wind blows through my hair. It smells cleaner and fresher outside. The smells reminds me of Trick or Treating at my Aunt Ida’s house as a child. It smells like school […]

Of all the programs at Victoria’s school, I am most impressed with her World Language classes and her Science Lab. I guess because they did offer such programs when I was in school. I don’t even remember going to Music class and our PE  and Science was running away from the bully who smeared frog […]

The library is the most fun place for me. I guess that makes me strange. I love going through the aisles looking at all of those books. They take to me places all over the world. I travel all through time. I see all sorts of political opinions. All of that knowledge just waiting for […]

When I was at Victoria’s Open House the teacher gave us hand outs on how to help the children learn beginning sounds. One activity was to take a letter and make up funny words to go with the sound. Victoria and I tried this. She kept say Bai Baiwaiwai or FooFoo! Immediately I thought about […]

When I was in University, the professor said he could tell the difference between those who went to private school and those who went to public school. He guessed almost everyone correctly. I was the only one he guessed wrong. He was for sure that I went to private school. I grinned and said, “No, […]

Last night I went to Victoria’s Open House. The first hour was pretty boring so I am glad that I did not take the kids. We got the PTA speech twice. I can’t join PTA this year because we might move anyway. I go to the PTA activities and try to support them because I […]

Brunswick Stew is a famous southern recipe and a delicious way to use your extra pork roast leftovers. It also tastes good with chicken. I tried this recipe from a recipe in Georgia where supposedly the best Brunswick stew is made and where they have Brunswick Stew competitions.
Sauce:
In a 2 quart sauce pan melt a […]