My middle child has been on a baking kick for several months now. As a matter of fact, the last time we went to the library (and he got his own library card) the only book he wanted to check out was one with cookies recipes. He is so my son. 😉 Before we had to…
So Proud.
I had no choice but to come out of my dream as he bounded onto my bed. His face came right up next to mine and we shared our morning breath. “Mom, I want to make the cinnamon rolls! I just need you to tell me how to turn on the oven!” “Son, can I…
Twelve Hundred Miles
I put over 1200 miles on my mom van last week. The purpose of the first leg of the trip was to pick up the oldest at camp. The rest of the trip was full of friends and family. And water. LOTS of water. Road trips are second nature for me now. I’ve been driving…
Best Buy & Samsung – Quite the Pair!
While out shopping for a new refrigerator some people might say, “A fridge is a fridge is a fridge. They all keep things cold.” Yeah, but… that’s not all they do these days, actually. Samsung proves that with the amazing one I checked out while at Mom 2.0 last month. I am truly amazed at the…
Costo Comes to Lafayette!
We no longer use diapers at our house (baby wipes are still around though, they wipe up lots of things). We do however use a fair amount of toilet paper. And paper towels. And we drink a lot of Perrier. Okay, that’s mostly me. What I am saying is, shopping in bulk is a good…
A Few of My Favorite Things
I have a new desk in the office at the house and actually, the entire office is all for me now (there’s gotta be SOME positive to this new life situation…) so, the two work surfaces have things on them that I like. A lamp, flowers, a candle, trinkets from the kids, a favorite mug,…
Let’s Have Brinner!
Oh my gosh, my kids love those words. Do yours? Wait. What’s “Brinner” you ask? Oh, that’s breakfast for dinner, Brinner. At least that is what we call it around here. And it’s a HIT!! Everyone in our house, including the dog, could eat bacon for every meal so that’s a no-brainer and along with…
Taco Night
The ground meat sizzles in the hot pan and soon it will be many small crumbles, ready for my homemade taco seasoning. I use my handy-dandy Pampered Chef tool to make it that way. It’s really the only thing I have ever bought from PC that I use. Once again I have deemed it “Taco…
(not so perfect) Mini Peach Pies
Remember when we used to get recipes from books and magazines? I used to get a SLEW of recipes from magazines. I tucked this one away LONG ago (approximately 2008) in my handy-dandy recipe binder, but just never tried it before. It includes the fruit of the peach, which is one of my most favorite-est fruits ever. (no,…
Uncommon Goods & Healthy Habits
I have this ever-present internal struggle with food. I’m pretty sure I have talked about this here before. I’m not going to delve into all the “pshyco-babble” about why, who, what or where, just know it’s there. So, in an effort to help myself eat and drink more healthily, I have been looking for any…