Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
Upon reflection I now realize that getting my kids ready for back to school when they were younger was a snap. As their benevolent dictator, er, I mean mom, I was able to manage the transition from summer mayhem to school schedules with relative ease because frankly, I ruled the roost back then. I naïvely …
The great family road trip with Mom and Dad: parents singing show tunes with the younger kids, the surly teen sitting in the back, eyes rolling, gum chewing, and music blasting into headphones to cancel out “family experience” around him. You know the scene – it’s in any classic 80’s family road trip movie. The …
I remember that day like it was yesterday: the summer heat was over, and I traded my seasonal stretchy skirts for jeans. It soon became apparent that summery, stretchy skirts hide a multitude of pounds, because I had to jump around like Kriss Kross to get my jeans over my hips, and the button, …
I love summer and I love summer foods. I think we tend to live on BBQ meals, cold ones and tons of frozen pops. Since we seem to inhale every frozen pop around in a matter of a day, I started to make these super easy and delicious Frozen Berries and Vanilla Yogurt Pops. …
If you’re looking for an easy and delicious dessert idea that will wrap-up a perfect BBQ dinner, then Fresh Grilled Peach Sundaes are it! The peaches grill up in minutes and they pair well with creamy vanilla ice cream. Choose your topping, a dollop of whipped cream and it’s yum in a bowl. Grilling is a favourite way to cook in …
Each time I tell someone we always plan our Walt Disney World trips to take place during the month of August, I’m always asked about the heat. Yes, it’s HOT in Florida in August…but the timing just works well for us for several reasons. The kids are out of school, it’s a fun last hurrah …
You’ve seen the Pinterest posts telling us how to make things with scrap pieces of wood, or leftover pallets, or barn boards. Inevitably the projects end up on a funny Pinterest Fails slideshow somewhere when the instructions become too complicated and we lose steam. Seriously, if the fun weekend project loses its fun appeal, we’re …
On a recent drive to the cottage my university aged daughter and her friend announced, “Guess what? We are going to try eating vegan!” My daughter’s friend has had digestive concerns since she was a little girl and my kid is an adventurous eater who loves animals so, I support their choice. I really do! But let’s …
