Our friends live 5 hours away in Pagosa Springs.  Our home-away-from-home.  While visiting them one summer they made this salsa for us.  I've made it every summer since. Its so refreshing and 'clean' and full of antioxidants.   The colours alone make me happy.  So pretty. So bright.  So summery. Skin the mangos and and cut  into small chunks.   Cut the berries into similar size chunks. PS:  Those aren't my hands - they belong to my ...

For those living outside the USA, Presidents Day is celebrated on the 3rd Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States. The corporate employees packed their lunches this morning and slumped off to work while the government workers (including my mailman) slept in this morning since Presidents Day is a federal holiday. The boys had the day off school so after a ...

Instead of buying candy/chocolate for Valentine's Day, the boys wanted to make something. These treats are a take on the Hershey Navels we make at Christmas time.   Once again, waffle pretzels are needed. I get the Butter Snaps kind because they are better quality. Something to note...the salt on the pretzels is very important. The salt/sweet taste is what makes these treats. This is usually when I use Hershey Kisses ...

According to my kids, each year the Valentine's box for school has to be different.  I'm thinking a shoe box covered in red paper would do nicely but they have different ideas.   Jordan went with the football theme this year. I know there isn't a net behind the goal posts in the 'real football world' but the net served to 'catch' the Valentine's cards when thrown at the posts (kind of a ...

This morning started out pretty warm.  When I took Zulu for a run, the sun was out. We had to run a few errands in the afternoon after dropping my eldest at a friend's house. Driving out our neighborhood we were doused with 'snail' which my husband coined as the word for a combo of snow and hail.   The 'snail' quickly turned into to sleet which turned into fat ash-like flakes.   This kid LOVES ...

Its time to get fit again. I decided to try out the new Zumba class (a big craze right now) at the rec center. The unfriendly lady behind the check-in desk informed me - in a tone that implied we all had leprosy - that our "entire household is inactive".  She went on to say that we either hadn't paid our quarterly fee OR our house had an exterior violation of ...

When we first moved to to Denver we found J Alexander's Restaurant near Park Meadows Mall and we loved it.  Its been over 8 years since we were last there and a return visit was long overdue.   While waiting for our table we watched the kitchen staff get the food ready and they were impressive. They knew what they were doing so I knew my order was going to ...