As the wife, I do not put together furniture.I do not grill.I do not mow the lawn, except on very rare occasion when my husband has a migraine and the neighbors are complaining.And (unless I absolutely have to) I do not make pancakes. I am not particularly proud of these “do nots,” and to this…
the foraging explorers
The ladies have a new activity. When they have read too many books, and art seems boring, and we have said “enough PBSkids.com!”, they put on their backpacks and go exploring. From what I can tell, the contents of the backpacks are strictly defined. There is a water bottle, a notebook in each, and a…
russian potato salad
I’ve got a serious flaw, and if I don’t do something about it, I’m going to give myself an ulcer, or high blood pressure, or one of those stress-y issues. I’m a big party thrower. I just love it. We had over 100 people here on New Year’s, packed wall to wall, and although it…
lemon balsamic chicken
I don’t know what you did, but thank you! Just minutes after writing my last post, I got to work on dinner. And from the moment everyone got home from school to the 7:00 bedtime click of the girls’ door, there were… (are you ready for this?) NO TEARS. And hopefully I can say this…
wild rice and leek soup
Lately, dinnertime has been a little, well I don’t know- let’s see how I could frame it. It’s all in the way you look at at, right? Lately, dinner time has been a little…loud…..tear-filled……almost humorous (and I say almost!) in the regularity of the crying……challenging……..did I say loud? I haven’t quite figured it out, except…
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