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  • February 2026 Garden Tour and Plans

    February in my gardens is largely when the quiet work begins. Let’s call it what it is: a reset. I started the process of cleaning out all the dead plants from last season and pulling the opportunistic weeds that have already crept in. (I’m looking at you, cow parsley!). Let’s…

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  • What We Ate: Breakfast

    I rotate and variate these three breakfasts like crazy around here, especially in the summer! Yogurt bowls, oatmeal bowls, and eggs + fruit. If I…

  • Kindergarten Curriculum Picks

    My oldest daughter went to public school for Kindergarten, so this is my first year to do homeschool Kindergarten. Here’s what we are doing for…

  • Homemade Breakfast Sausage Recipe with Real Ingredients

    Have you looked at the ingredients in breakfast sausage? I took a peek last year and I was shocked. The one we had been purchasing…

  • What We Ate: Dinner #2

    What We Ate: Dinner #2

    Night One: This night I used the instant pot to make one of my favorites: porcupine meatballs! They’re not actually made from porcupine, of course,…

About Me

Hello friend, my name is Katie and pizza is my favorite food. Yes, I’m in my thirties and yes, I have three daughters that I’m raising and homeschooling and nagging, but I think you’d be most interested to know that I would eat pizza for every meal of every day and never complain. There was a brief time (ages 8-11) when I thought that mashed potatoes was my favorite food, but I’ve since come around. That being said, I don’t only talk about pizza. Here you will find slices of homeschooling life, home decor, cooking, musings, and an occasional funny meme. In fact, I think you will find a shocking lack of pizza content as a whole, but now you know the truth: Pizza is always close to mind.