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Strawberry Girls (and Boy)
On Tuesday we picked strawberries with our playgroup, and we quickly ate the nearly six pounds we picked. Today we went back to pick more strawberries. Since it is a sunny day, the girls wore their matching Gymboree strawberry dresses and hats. Above, Sarah samples the goods. Every time Sarah found a berry, she would (Continue reading...)
Fennel Beats Celery
I finished painting the living room and dining room on Sunday night, but two of the kids were battling stomach flu at that point and I just didn’t have it in me to blog. Everyone seems better now and I’m loving the color change. I started out painting the living room Celery Ice, but realized (Continue reading...)
Work in Progress
I’ve had some moments of “Oh no, what have I done???” today, but the living room is 85% finished. Tomorrow I will finish it and begin the dining room. I used up my gallon of paint, so we’ll need to hit Home Depot before painting can recommence. Home improvement was complicated by Jack throwing up (Continue reading...)
Before
Behold the dazzling whiteness of the living room. Try not to notice the toys and stroller and random baby sock and other flotsam and jetsam in the photo. I am keeping it real with the before picture so that you’ll be even more impressed when you see it painted. Of course, that presumes I will (Continue reading...)
Eat Out or Stay Home?
I have a guest post at Keeping the Kingdom First today on the topic of eating out versus eating in. I wrote about the six benefits I see from eating at home most of the time. I’d love for you to stop by there, read the article, and let me know what you think!
Have Ingredients, Soliciting Meal Ideas
I accidentally committed Once a Month Cooking over the weekend. I had no intention of doing it, but I found two really nice roasts, the kind with no fat or bones, marked down to $1.29 per pound so I borrowed a friend’s crock pot (you’ll recall that my crock pot exploded a while back) and (Continue reading...)
Blender Compost: Cheap, Easy Earth Day
Seeing as how it’s Earth Day and all, you will probably read a lot about compost. Compost is very green, Earth-friendly, sustainable, expensive to buy pre-made and time-consuming to make on your own. (Actually it’s well nigh impossible to make on your own in our neighborhood, since our neighborhood association prohibits compost bins. And clothes (Continue reading...)
Menu Planning for the Indecisive and Forgetful
I’ve long admired people who plan menus, and I have tried to emulate them in fits and starts and with varying degrees of success. The problem is that I am somewhat extemporaneous in my cooking style (which is to say, I am seemingly unable to follow recipes without changing things and I like the flexibility (Continue reading...)
Big Boy Bedroom Semi-Reveal
I’m sorry I was too impatient to take before pictures, but here are a few glimpses into Jack’s new big boy room. We sold the full-sized guest bed on Craigslist and haven’t gotten a new twin mattress yet, so just imagine it where the stack of bedding is in front of the headboard. And if (Continue reading...)
Overwhelmed? Try a Have Done List
I started out the day with ten things on my daily docket. As I write this, only three were accomplished, and whether they were the top three items is subject to debate. I have to say that in this phase of my life, more often than not my days are filled with unplanned incidents, accidental (Continue reading...)