Amber’s Blog
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the week: Bedsharing Rocks, Gregarious Peach — I love the joy in this post and the photo of those delicious baby toes (and cloth-diapered bottom!). Even though I greatly enjoy not nursing all night or feeling squished off the bed, I do often miss having Miss Nora in bed with us. If only…
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A to Z
This is going to be one of those ridiculous boasting parent posts. But really, Nora never stops amazing me. I hadn’t heard her say anymore than ABC and then tonight in the bathtub she just whips out the whole alphabet. And she can, by the way, count to ten, too. I just have to say,…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the week: Campbell Soup fights the salt wars, Food Politics — Campbells decides to add all the salt back in to help their bottom line. “Make no mistake: food companies are not social service agencies. When it comes to a commitment to public health, the bottom line is all that counts.” Phone Therapy…
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At It Again
It’s after midnight and I have a million things on my to-do list. Next week is world breastfeeding week and I have been busy, busy, busy planning the week’s events. I’ll be teaching my first ever breastfeeding class which is really exciting but also a little nerve-racking. I went around town putting up fliers, my…
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And The Rest Of It
As I wrote in my last post, we had a grand old time on vacation in New Hampshire, doing all kinds of new and exciting things and spending time with my family.But not everything was easy swinging, as is life with a toddler… It goes without saying, horseshoes were not the only things being thrown.…
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From One Island to Another
It’s been quiet around here, because I was away on vacation with no internet access. I had intended to write posts and have them publish automatically while I was gone, but with everything else that needed to get done before I left, it just didn’t happen. I hope you didn’t miss me too much! We…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Avocado and cucumber gazpacho, Running With Tweezers — I HAVE to make this! Google’s impressive healthy food program, Food Politics — Really interesting. I like the vending machine pricing strategy: “one cent per gram of sugar, two cents per gram of fat, four cents per gram of saturated fat, one dollar…
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Cooking Lessons With Chris
As promised, here’s the video from the Plum TV visit to the Brotherhood. Chris is in the second half of the video. My, do I think my hubby looks handsome in this. He’d make a great TV chef! 🙂 And, in case you were wondering, both of those dishes are just fabulous.
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Christmas in July
All of a sudden, if seems like packages are dropping out of the air around here. First was a large shipment of clothing (mostly for me), then came a parade of boxes (5!) from my mother, which will be followed any day now by a box marked with Chris’ two favorite words: New Egg. We…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Americans Get An F On Fat, NPR Breastfeeding and Reduced Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Meta-analysis, Pediatrics — “Breastfeeding is protective against SIDS, and this effect is stronger when breastfeeding is exclusive. The recommendation to breastfeed infants should be included with other SIDS risk-reduction messages to both reduce the…
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Strawberry Crumb Muffins
Adapted from Janae Monir See more recipes here While we were flush with strawberries after two weekends of picking, I also happened across a rather delicious looking recipe for Blueberry Crumb Cake. Being the baker that I am, I decided it would be the perfect starting point for a second strawberry muffin recipe (I also…
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To Sell or Not To Sell?
There’s no Wordless Wednesday today, because I need your advice! This is a three-days-before-the-yard-sale desperation post. We’re having a yard sale on Saturday and though I told myself I was going to downsize my closet, but I’m not sure that I can go through with it! So, I either need a pep talk to just…
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Risotto Rice Pudding with Brown Sugar and Vanilla
Adapted from Joy the Baker See more recipes here Rice pudding is one of my favorite quick late-night desserts (as you can see by the yellowish lighting in all the pictures!). It’s sweet, but not too much, and the milk provides the heavier, comfort-food happiness I’m usually looking for at those times when I should…
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Festivities
Even though I am often very down on our country, I love the Fourth of July. I see this day as a reminder of what we can be and a celebration of hope for a better tomorrow. I grew up in a town that made it impossible not to enjoy the Fourth with three weeks…
