Food, Family, and Lifestyle
Snap, Crackle, Pop! That is what my bones are doing right now. I just finished polishing all of the wood floors, carefully organizing hiding the stacks of ‘stuff’, reorganizing my shoes after the chicklings did a fashion show, and cleaning windows for three hours. We have two days until the open house so thought I would…
Can you feel it? The excitement? The busy-ness? the joy of summertime? I can already envision the hurried days and abundant energy of the kids all summer. The exhausted eyes that have played so hard all day. The quite-too-pink-from-the-sun cheeks resting under those sleepy eyes. Delish-i-ousness! I even look forward to what I will hear each morning: ‘Mom,…
Memories like the corner of my mind . Yes, that song pops into my head when I think of an Asparagus-Gruyere Tart. I was first introduced to the Asparagus-Gruyere Tart when my friend Kate brought it over for my birthday celebration. I knocked her to the floor, sat on her legs and warned her to hand over the recipe…
After chowing down on the breakfast pizza at 10 am, my boy and I went off to play ‘cars knocking over buildings made from blocks’, chase through the hallway and hit daddy on the butt after he accidentally stepped on my foot. After we ate lunch, my son headed to his room. I thought he was…
Winter insulation. That is how I refer to my expanded love handles. Now that spring is coming, I need to add this on my to-do list: strip insulation from my hips. Not sure if I should put it above or below ‘prepare house for open house this weekend’. Lucky for me, my son enjoys the kids care room at…
A few nights ago I spoke to my friend and bridesmaid Dawn. We reminisced for an hour and one memory she brought up was about a night she called me when I had been dating my boyfriend (now husband) for only two months. It was mid-October and we had just carved pumpkins together. I recall sitting on the floor…
Stinky fifth’s disease and it’s nasty rashes. My girl somehow contracted fifth’s disease, like many of the elementary set in these parts, and woke up today with the slapped face rash. Seriously, that is what it is called and looks like. It looks like a group of her stuffed animals attacked her during the night and…
When things go wrong, they can go really wrong. One of the families in my local MOMS Club has had a super tough week (both parents in the hospital in one day with completely unrelated issues) so we are all banding together by bringing some food, running errands for them and playing with their kiddos. I know they will be getting…
I love celebrations. And you know what? I have decided that there is no time like the present. Why wait for a birthday or graduation when you can simply celebrate life? I have decided that I am going to plan a gathering to simply celebrate LIFE. My celebration will be prettified with these ge-or-geous-necess-ities by Potter…
