Most of us these days are struggling with time. Balancing work, family, housework, and a healthy lifestyle is demanding. One item that helps keep our house centred is meal prep & planning. Each Saturday morning, I plot out meals for the week and make a list. This process helps ensure that we are meeting our […]
Tag Archives: Sanity
PRIDE2022: The Best Day Of My Life*
This article discusses implied violence and may be upsetting to some readers. Happy Pride everyone! Last year MADNick and I discussed how to be a good ally of the LGBTQI+ community. That amazing post can be found here: https://madmike.net/pride-2021-supporting-lgbtq-persons-at-pride-year-round/ The year before, we discussed the importance of being visible and shared our fantastic wedding vows. […]
Super Summer Blondies
Growing up this recipe was the go-to item my mother made when we went to picnics. Sometimes paired with the secret potato salad recipe, these treats rolled up with us in the single door 1987 Dodge Caravan. In the sea of chocolate brownies, often Betty Crocker mixes (no shade) these always stuck out in just […]
The Story Of The Tea Set
When the magical box arrived with my MVP award, I quickly found a place to unbox it. A quick decision for a backdrop had to be made: The Laundry Pile with dirty gym clothes or the Tea Set on The Hutch. I made the right call, and I got several comments on the Tea Set. […]
Finding Sanity In Kent . . . on Bikes!
I have not been writing much this summer as it has been quite a busy period at both work and home. A lot of migrations were delayed a few months with COVID-19, plus the normal summer push for Education, and we did our own migration (flat-to-flat) in London 😊. In this post, I am taking […]
Pride 2020
June is Pride month. For Pride I can think of no better way to commemorate it, than sharing part of my life as a LGBTQ+ person. So, in this post, I talk about my husband, MADNick 😊 (except he really is MAD for dealing with me and that pun). Many studies show the importance of […]