Monthly Archives: November 2011

Petit Jean State Park

If I were spelling out Petit Jean the way most Arkansans say it I would spell it like this: Peddigene. Or maybe Peddyjean. Something like that. Thought I would share this pertinent info with you. Glenn had been to Petit Jean before, but just once. Our friends / Glenn’s adoptive family whenever I am out of...

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I am Grateful… Part Deux

Seeing as every post is more fun with at least one picture, here is an oldie. This was from our last Christmas card photo shoot… 2 Christmases ago! It was taken in the alley next to our house on La Dorna Street. What a fun place for our first house to have been! The very...

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Mom’s Enchiladas

These are my Mom’s enchiladas. They aren’t your mom’s enchiladas, they aren’t some restaurant’s enchiladas, they aren’t a basic ole recipe for sour cream enchiladas… they are Mom’s Enchiladas.  Always have been, always will be. Legend has it these enchiladas are what opened up my Dad’s eyes to the awesomeness that is my Mom, and...

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A Thanksgiving Menu

I just finished making the Thanksgiving menu for next week. Last year on Thanksgiving, it was just Glenn and I. We were here in Little Rock with no friends or family, which was actually not as sad as it sounds, mostly because we decided to have fun with it and still make ourselves a full...

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#3′s Twenty-fourth Birthday

It’s been a week now, since #3 turned 24. It’s been a week since I made her wear this ridiculous birthday tiara. It’s been a week since she rocked her yellow tights. It’s been a week since we visited Cock of the Walk for a plate of fried catfish eaten under the head of a...

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Marseille Style Shrimp Stew

I have a little bit of an obsession with France. Not with the French Prime Minister, who so rudely dissed Israel’s leader along with our own President the other day… but with the bread, the cheese, the wine, the countryside, the crepes, the fashion, the snootiness of it all. I love it! Since I am...

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Happenings

Hi friend-y’s! There are a few things we need to talk about. Stat. First up. Kim Kardashian’s divorce. I mean really. WHAT is going on??!! It’s not like I actually expected them to be married forever, but 72 days? Sad face. I’m convinced something shady was going on behind the scenes and it will all...

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