The Wonder Twins
My friend Kat has two of the cutest girls in the world. Made from the exact genetic mishmash, they couldn’t be more unique or different from each other. When Kat was hunting for quilts...
Meal plan for November 26th – December 2nd
Phew, busy week! Thanksgiving holiday and sleep study for Jack; all in a matter of three days. Jack was a freaking champ during the sleep study. Like, if they need a textbook pediatric example...
Meal plan for November 19th – 25th
Oh boy, sickness has hit our house again. It’s Troy again (no surprise there), and it’s some sort of tummy thing that is going around the fire station. He started getting sick last night;...
Meal plan for November 12th – 18th
Happy Sunday! Troy is sick, so I spent last night on the hide-a-bed so that I wouldn’t catch his plague, and so I can get some sleep. Troy snores and is annoying to this...
Confessions of an Unfun Parent
Please don’t think that at the end of this post I’m actually going to say “hey, maybe I AM a fun parent”, because I’m not. I’m not declaring that being the fun parent or...
Meal plan for November 5th – 11th
Good morning, and happy daylight savings day (?). I know that we don’t lose any sleep in the fall, but man oh man I feel like a grouchy Gus this morning. I snapped at...
Meal plan for October 29th – November 4th
The other day I was thinking to myself “Sarah (we’re on a first name basis), this election cycle doesn’t seem like it’s so bad”. I’ve heard on NPR about how much money has been...
How $16.84 Saved My Sanity
So, here is a truth about my sister and I. We hate “stuff”. We don’t do knick knacks, or cutesy things in our house(s). Clutter needs to die. Crap underfoot drives us crazy. My...
Meal plan for October 22nd – 28th
Phew, another busy, but fun weekend almost wrapped up! I’m counting down the days until canning is over (I think I’ll be all done in about 2ish weekends) so that I can have more...
Garden debrief
There are some photos of the various items here and here. Unless otherwise noted, all plants are grown from seeds I bought from Territorial Seeds. And I think most are organic. I don’t earn...
Meal plan for October 15th – 21st
I’m sitting here late late late on a Saturday waiting for my pressure canner to finish up the approximately 1 billion pints of pumpkin I’m canning. Did you know it takes freaking 55 minutes...
The Birthday Project. 31 for 31
Some time last year my friend Anne sent me a link to The Birthday Project. It was such a cool idea – you spend your birthday doing good deeds for others; one deed per...
