• Lifestyle,  RECIPES

    KEY WEST GET AWAY, QUICK TOURIST GUIDE

    Have you had the pleasure of visiting Key West? We decided to take a few days and drive to the Keys for a little get away, and this is what we found! Once you make your way to Highway 1 headed South you will find the first of the Florida Keys, Short Key, which we honestly flew right through before we realized, we were lookin for the bridges. When we got to the first bridge, it took us to Key Largo. The water is absolutely beautiful, shimmering aqua blue and so bright and clear! I always thought of the trip to the keys as one long bridge, but it isn’t.…

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    CHANGING SEASONS ON THE HOMESTEAD

    The joys abound around the homestead in the last days of summer and early Autumn. Our apple tree is giving up her fruit, the garden is sharing the last bounties to harvest. My favorite harvest this season was the potatoes!  I’ve never planted or harvested potatoes and it was so fun, it’s really like digging for treasure!  I got the last of the jalapeños and chili peppers and made jalapeño salt and Hawaiian pepper water!  So hot, it burnt my eyes to cook those chili peppers!  I dried my jalapeños out in the food hydrator and it turned out awesome. We mowed down the corn stalks and weeds that were…

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    APPLE ORCHARD DAY DATE WITH HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE

    Can you believe how quickly these seasons are fleeting? Every Autumn my husband and I like to visit the local apple orchard and farmers market to get some delicious apples and beautiful pumpkins. Then you know what happens, right? Applesauce, apple butter, and apple pie filling! I love the kitchen aroma when I’m cooking apples! I thought I would share our day with you. We visit Stuckey Farm Apple Orchard which is a local, family owned farm, you can visit their website HERE. We’ve been visiting for over 20 years, and our kids grew up making annual trips with us to Stuckey’s. I think that no matter how old I…

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    LIVING HAPPY PODCAST

    Coming soon to your favorite podcast player Friends! I cannot tell you how excited I am for this fun, new adventure! My dear friend Tammy and I have been dreaming up this idea for many months, and to see it come to fruition is AWESOME! WE ARE LAUNCHING ON JULY 1!!! So what is this podcast going to be about? All things life, that’s the short answer! We have a list of at least 100 episodes already made, and you know as we go, things will come up, we may have to increase our bi-monthly episodes to weekly, but that is for future debate. We have had such a fabulous…