Welcome to the continuance of my series, in which I reveal more of the tips and tricks that innkeepers use in the kitchen to be efficient and well-prepared for guests, with the goal of creating more breathing room for you, to experience more peace and joy in this season. If you have missed the introduction […]
Innkeeper secrets revealed!-Part 1
December 6, 2011 By 11 Comments
Welcome to the next installment of Innkeeper secrets revealed! If you missed the introduction yesterday, you can go back and read it here. Have you ever been to a Bed and Breakfast and wondered how they possibly cook those yummy breakfasts and bake those oh-so-delicious afternoon cookies without appearing to break a sweat? I have […]
Innkeeper secrets revealed! – An introduction
December 5, 2011 By 7 Comments
You might be asking yourself why, on a blog dedicated to helping moms build stronger and more satisfying relationships, is Miss Too Darn Happy going to be revealing innkeeping secrets? Glad you asked. Traveling down memory lane recently about a previous life, in which I helped my parents and hubbie to run a large very […]
Who knew about boiling water, steel and salt?
August 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
August can be a bittersweet time here in the Northeast as we begin to feel autumn around the corner with its cool morning breath, and see it in the smattering of red leaves amongst the green. Late, summer, however, is when all the loving we have heaped upon our gardens comes to fruition: fresh snap […]
Beets that go Boom
August 15, 2011 By 3 Comments
I was making dinner the other night, and tossed sliced beets into the microwave for a reheat. I went into the office to quickly check my email and heard a low and quick “BOOM!”, followed immediately by popping type sounds, and then another “BOOM!”. I ran back into the kitchen, stopped the microwave, and […]
Who knew…about vinegar and sunburns?
July 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
We all know we are supposed to wear sunscreen, but sometimes, well, we just decide we won’t be outside that long, or the sun isn’t really that intense today, or we’d like to get a fast jump-start on a tan. Many times, however, that means we end up with a sunburn. Painful to the touch, […]
Who knew…about peanut butter and pine pitch?
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Summer is here-woohoo! For those of us in the northeast part of the country, that means we break out the tents, the grills and the water toys. We build campfires and toast marshmallows, and play “Run away from the mosquitos”. We hike and spend as much time outdoors as we can connecting with nature, and […]
Help, help! My thoughts are getting away…
June 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My thoughts have gone downriver again, unencumbered by any sort of tether. You see, sometimes when I am just beginning to wake up, and am in that space between deep sleep and full consciousness, my thoughts take shape lazily-as though they are just outside of myself-and form much like an eddy in a stream. I […]
On baking bread and God prods
April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Who among us can resist a warm loaf of homemade bread or a pan of soft rolls, fresh out of the oven? Very few, I think, and yet how many of us actually bake bread from scratch? Not me. Both my mom and my mother-in-law do, though, and they do it beautifully, making it look […]
A well worn home
April 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tool chest coffee table © K. Hall This morning my dear hubbie made an interesting observation. We had held our annual spring cleanup day at church, where we washed windows, scrubbed surfaces, took care of some maintenance issues, freshened some walls with paint, and did what we could to put the parking lot together after […]
