If you happen to have leftover ham, here’s a hearty and delicious use for it. I loved the looks of a recipe I saw...
Read more »
Mary Ostyn
Contact me:
owlhaven at aol dot com
MY BOOKS
Need Dinner Ideas?
Scalloped Potatoes with Ham
By Owlhaven
Pasta Carbonera
By Owlhaven
This recipe uses very little meat, but even die-hard carnivores love it. When I make it, I double the amounts given here, and we...
Read more »
Panda-Style Orange Chicken
By Owlhaven
I was overjoyed when a Panda Express restaurant was built near my home. There were two main reasons for my delight: their names were...
Read more »
Chicken Enchiladas
By Owlhaven
This recipe is a favorite at our house. It is sooooo easy to make a second one to freeze that I went ahead and...
Read more »
In The Olden Days
Helpin’ with the groceries!
Recent Chatter
- David Gresh on * Juicy Juice $100 giveaway *
- Ali BG on Adoption: Our older girls (part 3)
- Lari on Adoption: Our older girls (part 3)
- Alea on Mucho randomness
- Lori Lavender Luz on * Juicy Juice $100 giveaway *
Grocery Spending (10-11 people)
2009
Aug-$860 Sept-$350 Oct-$845 Nov-$728 Dec-$747 2010
Jan-$770 Feb-$847 Mar-$835 April-$935 May-$798 June-$858 July-$700 Aug-$702
A Year Ago
- 2009-09-01 Day 1: Grocery Challenge
- 2009-09-01 Join the September $75 Grocery Challenge!






What a hoot – they definitely won’t have a rodent problem!
I like big cats. We have an 18 pound Maine Coon Cat. The good thing is that he lets us live in his house.
This photo reminds me of one of my favorite “Sesame Street” vignettes from when I was a little girl – “Two little dolls in a little dollhouse.” I think it’s on YouTube, if you google it. Watch it until the end and you’ll understand why . . . so sweet!
Happy New Year, Mary!
Kate
Kate, I remember that from sesame street too!! I didnt till you mentioned it, but it was one of my most favorite ones too, thanks for the great memory!
I love that! When I was little, my cat would sleep in my barbie’s house too! I love cats!
oh but what a lovely visitor! The ‘Barbie People’ must be excellent hostesses.
Cute!
We had a lovebird who would “play” with my youngest daughter when she had her dollhouse out. He would walk along the different floors and along the roof like a comedy version of “Godzilla” and rearrange furniture or throw things off the top. I would attach a picture (one of my favorite from when she was small), but it won’t let me.
Whn my daughter was young she would bring in the snails from outside and have them live in her Barbie castle. The only problem was they would not stay and I would find them crawling all over the house. The cat is probably a better resident