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Mid June Garden Tour – 2014

Oh late spring, almost summer time.  This is a time of promise, when you think you can grow anything.  Things are looking gorgeous and lush, and you feel like the world’s greenest thumb. Spring...

Meal plan for June 16th – 22nd

Meal plan for June 16th – 22nd

Jack has become obsessed with comic books of all kinds in the last year.  Since March, his interest has bounced back between Calvin and Hobbes (I’m pretty convinced he is actually  Calvin…a crazy, hyper,...

Meal plan for June 9th-15th

Meal plan for June 9th-15th

Phew, I survived the baby shower on Saturday!  My friend Krista is having a little boy (Ryder) who will be joining us in mid-August. In the only way I know how to celebrate something,...

Three Quilts in Three Weeks

Three Quilts in Three Weeks

In one of the fifteen thousand ways that Troy and I are different, how we look at challenging tasks is towards the top of the stack. Troy will focus on all the negative parts...

Meal plan for June 2nd – 8th

Meal plan for June 2nd – 8th

Oh the fair. Ahhhh, I had such a fabulous time!  The weather was flipping gorgeous, the presenters were stellar, and the vendors and their free-flowing samples of organic free trade chocolate, grassfed jerky, spices,...

Meal plan for May 12th – 18th

Meal plan for May 12th – 18th

Happy Mother’s Day, blah, blah, blah.  I mean, not to discount it or anything, but shouldn’t every day be Mother’s Day?  No?  Yeah, I didn’t think that would fly either.  Here is Jack and...

Confessions – May

Confessions – May

New here?  You may be confused a bit by what is about to happen. Monthly confessions are a staple ’round these parts.  Confessions are good for the soul, and I’m all about doing things...

Meal plan for May 5th-11th

Kind disappeared on you last week I did. Was busy getting ready for a baby shower for my cousin was I. Talking like Yoda I am.  Happy Star Wars day friends! May the fourth...

Meal plan for April 21-27th

To my Christian and secular friends –  Happy Easter! To everyone else, happy “Zombie and candy day” as my Jewish friend Elaina calls it.  HA! Spring is here, and it can’t be denied.  The...