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Category Archives: Maari

Newness.

Over the past year we’ve been remixing, restructuring, re-enhancing, remodeling, revitalizing, and refreshing our business.  Any small business owner knows the importance of developing it to become the best that it can be.  In my opinion, a good business consistently blesses the consumers, the workers, the community, AND the owners.  Phew….what an exciting challenge! It’s…

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Happy (belated) Valentine’s Day!

Holiday/Birthday punctuality has never been my strong suit.  Ask anyone I know. I’m not proud of this.  I wish it were quite different, and I believe it’s changing.    My mom, however,  is the best at it, although she has yet to apply her sweet wish-sending skills to the blog. :(    In the real world, she can send me a package/gift/card…

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Pumpkin FOUND

I found a pumpkin!  TWO actually.  One was too big, one was too small.  So I embraced the opportunity to be resourceful.  Luckily, I have a hard time following recipes….the creative part of my brain ALWAYS wants to take over.   Here’s the Stuffed Pumpkin  I took the recipe-Christmas party my co-worker Denise hosts every year.  She…

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Anyone still have a pumpkin?

Help!!! I need a pumpkin ASAP!!! My lovely co-worker, Denise, is having her 24th (?) Annual Recipe Swaping Christmas Party Friday.  Imagine a (beautiful) household of 60 women coming together, each bringing their own recipe and dish for everyone to taste.  I love food and am SO looking forward to my 5th year here.   I…

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Happy (belated) Veteran’s Day

Sadly I don’t see holidays coming until they are upon me.  Often I find myself wishing people a “belated” this or that…something I’m working on correcting.   It happened once again with Veteran’s Day, which was last Thursday in case it slipped by you also.   Even though it’s almost a week later, I still wanted…

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Chile | Mountain air.

    Clickety-clack, clickety-clack woooshwooooshwhirrllllwshhhh, clickety-clack, clickety-clack, wooooshwooooohhhwhrrlllll Meet Rigo, local rodeo champion 5 years in a row….some years ago.  We clickety-clacked for 2 full days waaaay up into the Andes on horses.  Rigo is comfortable with silence, an attribute that’s easier said than done.  I’ve got Chile on my mind today.  I just ran across these pictures…

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More curiosities

One day I was curious what grub worms taste like.  Now I know.     And another day I was curious how one kill’s a chicken. And now I know and I hope I never need to do it again.  

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