Easy Baked French Toast Casserole – Quick breakfast bake recipe made with crusty French bread. Homemade casserole ready in 20 minutes. Make ahead or bake now. Perfect use of stale bread. 10/14/25 I’ve updated the recipe to add a little additional bake time. Please check for doneness before removing from the oven. Place a knife…
Chocolate Caramel Cracker Candy
Chocolate Caramel Cracker Candy – Saltine crackers layered with homemade caramel and drizzled with dark chocolate. Perfect candy for gifts or bake sales. I came across this recipe while skimming through the latest Good Housekeeping Magazine during my haicut. Sometimes I feel this is the only time I get to sit, relax and let someone…
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes – How to make cheesy scalloped potatoes from scratch. Homemade creamy cheese sauce, this is a great side dish with any holiday meal. Who doesn’t love potatoes? They are so versatile and they’re delicious at every meal. Mmm, who doesn’t love them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and in the bread…
Merry Christmas
We are enjoying a wonderful holiday filled with family, friends and laughter. Can you imagine being around this character in the middle below and not laughing? Took about 30 pictures at Christmas Eve service last night and each one was a different wacky pose. I’ve learned to just go with it and embrace his goofiness….
7 Things I Don’t Need This Christmas
Thinking about what you want for Christmas this year? Is it something small? Something large? Something functional? Something absurd? A new electronic? A piece of jewelry? I’m thinking…Eternal. Lasting. Sisterly. Brotherly. Neighborly. Loving. Fruitful. There are so many things in this world that we want or need. So many things we strive to accomplish. Peace….
10 Favorite Christmas Songs
I love this time of year. It’s a truly joyous wonderful time of year. Baking, giving, the lights, the smells but I don’t enjoy it as much without the wonderful tunes of Christmas in the background. I decided to compile my favorite Christmas songs for this year. Then I decided, what the heck let me…







