Julia's Blog

From our house to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our turkey is in the oven at my parents, the ham is in the oven at our house. I have cut up veggies, made stuffing, and we are currently working on the 🥦 rice casserole. Thanksgiving this year is definitely a family effort with almost everyone…

I am always amazed at how holidays manage to come together and blossom into something memorable. My wonderful husband, sister-in-law, younger brother, and fabulous niece are all cooking and adding to the feast. I am sure everyone will help set the table, get the food out, and somehow we will all sit down at one…

Okay, my printer is still languishing on the table and I have a few boxes displaced, but mostly I am functional, which is amazing. I have located my books, my special shelf, added lighting, cleaned window ledges and began decorating the walls and shelves. After the Thanksgiving weekend I will be working in my office…

Like lots of people I keep adding to my thankful list. When I was teaching we made a paper chain, each link something someone was thankful for, and we hung it on our ceiling in the classroom. It stayed all year reminding students to look up and remember what they were thankful for instead of…

I don’t know how it works in your house, but in mine the food gets better the closer you are to a major feasting holiday. For instance last night I made chicken Alfredo, with bread. This morning we had cheese blintzes. My cooking engines are revving up and will explode with turkey, ham, cheddar meatballs,…

My office is finally coming together and there are only two or maybe five boxes and bins remaining. My computer is functional, but the printer is not yet established on our personal network. I am password challenged and seem to have a problem with it. Yesterday, staring at those boxes, I had the crazy impulse…

Giving a book as a gift can be tricky, depending on how prolific and how picky your gift recipient may be. For instance, my brother reads continuously. If a new book came out in a series he was reading or from a favored author, I might be tempted to buy him a copy and give…

Like many people around this time of year, I have started the self-reflection on the many things to be grateful and thankful for. The top of the list of course is family. My husband, parents, brother and their children. I am always thankful for the many kids we had the opportunity to see grow to…