These Halloween movies have all the fun of Halloween without being too scary. My list of 10 Halloween Movies For the Whole Family all are Rated PG, and keep with the spirit of the season, without being traumatic. Halloween is on a Friday this year, that means in my house my kids can stay up a …
Life. It gets busy doesn’t it? Between the things we have to do, and the things we should do. Sometimes it is hard to just stop and take it all in. Every day from the moment I wake up until right up until I go to sleep there are a hundred different tasks for me …
Today is the first official day of Fall! Fall happens to be my favorite season, and I have been doing some fall baking for a while now. But to celebrate the Fall Equinox I thought I would round-up all of my favorite fall recipes here at Home in the Finger Lakes into one post. Cookies …
I did it. We actually got away on a vacation this summer. After all the calves have been born, and first cutting of hay was tucked away into the barns, but before corn picking and weekend farmers markets. We dug the boat out of a barn, packed an impossible amount of stuff and kids into …
I was just reading this NPR article about pollution in the Great Lakes from those tiny scrubbing microbeads found in various facial and body scrubs. The microbeads are included in products for “gentle exfoliation” but they could be causing irritation to the ecological balance of lakes. Lake Ontario has been effected the hardest, which has the …
I recently ran across this polish saying while surfing the interwebs when I really should of been doing something else, like laundry. I decided I had to share it with you for 3 reasons: I am of Polish heritage. You can never have too many sarcastic replies in your repertoire. So my time laying on …
It’s hard to believe another year has come to a close and a new year stands in front of us! I hope the coming year brings you joy, opportunities and happy surprises. I think Neil Gaiman said it beautifully: May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you …
Recently while my father was in the hospital we sat chatting, discussing the weather and the unavoidable snowfall that would soon be making it’s way into our area, when he recited a poem. The poem was new to me, but it struck a cord. When I asked my father about the poem he said it …
Someone is having a birthday this week, yeah it’s me, and don’t ask how old I will be, I don’t want to have to lie to you!! And because birthday’s are a time to reflect and celebrate, I thought I would share a few things about me that perhaps you did not know. So …
Being that it is national apple month and all I decided to share with you my story about growing up right in the heart of Apple Country in New York. I did not always love the sleepy little orchard town I grew up in, but I have come to appreciate it and love it, especially …
