Grammy’s Mandarin Mid-Century Salad
My family has made this mid-century salad for holidays for my entire life. It's my Grammy's, my Mom's Dad's Mothers. It's reminiscent of my childhood when I eat it and I love it for that reason.
My family has made this mid-century salad for holidays for my entire life. It's my Grammy's, my Mom's Dad's Mothers. It's reminiscent of my childhood when I eat it and I love it for that reason.
On November 2, 2022 my Grandfather, John George Schaeufele III, or Pa as all the grandkids referred to him, passed away at home with my Granny and Mom by his side. I am the oldest grandkid in our family, by something like 5 years and we lived close enough to my grandparents to visit often.
Our plans for 2023 seem to be finally coming together, and we are excited and relieved. Getting into Spain on the original Visa we had planned was going to be impossible. So we had to decide whether to wait, or make alternate plans. Seeing more of Europe is what we decided. We researched spending a
Well we’re still planning and things change almost daily. We do think we have a plan – but we have a few more Zoom meetings to make sure it will work before the decision is final. Why are our plans changing? Croatia is joining Schengen on January 1, 2023. So our plans of bouncing between
Closing a chapter in your life is always painful and for me memories around closing of chapters always stay vivid in my mind. They are at least as vivid as the memories of the new chapters. But that’s only true when you know the chapter is closing. Graduations, Divorces, Moves, etc. Not including marriage, I
Things change. After the last several years we know that better than most. We’ve been planning a move to Spain for several years. Our original plan won’t work because of Visa issues and misunderstanding on our end. This was going to set us back around a year. It was a pretty devastating blow. But as
We knew that this wouldn’t be as easy as it seemed like it would be in February when we spoke to the immigration attorney. It all just seemed too easy, and it was. The Non Lucrative Visa. In February we were told we could get this visa and continue working jobs in the USA. Last
My care team and I were functioning without all the relevant information about my illness until Covid-19 Long Haul started being reported. My good friend Myndi was unfortunate enough to end up with Long Haul Covid after getting Covid a few months before vaccines were available. It had been a bad flu for her, but
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It’s been a difficult six months around here. Let’s focus on the positive right now. Daniel started sharing his monthly playlist. I think the playlists are absolutely great, and I love that he’s sharing them with the world. I (Ammi) have nearly finished a blog series on my health and my health recommendation. It’s something