Books In... Books Out, A giveaway to clear my shelves
July 25, 2009
Last month we bought a stack of books. Doesn't happen often since we mostly use the library. But some books you just know are going to take a month or more to read and the 2 or 4 week library lending term isn't sufficient. Other books we want to own ...
Baked Beans
July 23, 2009
Introduction This is one of the first recipes I published on the blog. I shared it here because it is easy to make, is inexpensive, my family loves it, and it's a crowd pleaser (for vegans and non-vegans alike). This recipe uses more processed ingredients and refined sugars than I ...
Weekending it with the cousins
July 22, 2009
The closest of our extended family (parents, siblings, nieces and nephews) live 11 hours away. So when my sister-in-law emailed early this month saying they'd be driving through and could they stay a night or two of course I said yes. I was so much fun to have them here ...
Life unexpectedly
July 22, 2009
I like to plan, organize and take care of the details. I think in another life I might make a good event planner except that I don't like deadlines or dealing with incompetent people. I also don't deal well with change, good or bad. Oh, and I like to be ...
Making Bubbles
July 21, 2009
Tonight ends a difficult day so I want to post something easy, light and fun. Bubbles. What's on hand Bubble Mix Brienne and I experimented with what we had and concocted this recipe. 2/3 cup Ecover dishsoap - which I don't like by the way but I am using until ...
home sweet home, a mansion it ain't
July 17, 2009
A couple days ago my six year old Brienne, out of the blue, had this to say: "mama, we don't have a mansion-y house but we sure do have a beautiful garden". Out of the mouths of babes (missing her two top front teeth I'd like to add - so ...
Raspberry love
July 17, 2009
Remember these bowls? The kiddos made them at a local potter's studio way back in March. They are beloved pieces of functional art and their current life's purpose is to hold our backyard berries. Backyard raspberries are my favorite summer berry, with apologies to the strawberries (recently picked) and wild ...
