Amber’s Blog
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Spilled Milk
Every so often, not too frequently, I have a day when I wish I could completely check out as a parent; when I wonder, why am I staying at home with my still(!?!)-nursing toddler instead of putting her in daycare and going to work where I can interact with grown ups and go more than…
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Watermelon Cream
Recipe inspired by The Juice Bar See more recipes here. Can I post one final ode to summer? Because, I’m going to. One of our favorite places on island is The Juice Bar. It’s located right on Broad Street, just steps from the ferry, and is the ONLY place on island at which it’s worth buying ice…
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Report Card
The biggest accomplishment of this week? Nora’s room is finally finished!You may have noticed when I unveiled her newly decorated bedroom that she didn’t have anything besides a sheet on her bed. I was having a really hard time deciding what get for her bed. Many toddler bedding sets have characters on them, which are not my…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: In lieu of some Etsy Love, this week I want to invite you to surf over to The Brotherhood of Thieves website…because I built it! Originally, their site looked like this: And now, it looks like this: It has large flash galleries with photos of the restaurant and delicious food, online forms for…
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Smile!
I just had to pop in and share this, even though it’s not Tuesday anymore. But we’ll pretend (there’s still a Wordless Wednesday post coming later today), because it makes me laugh every time I scroll past it in Picasa.Nora is turning into such a ham, which is surprising because, though she was a very happy and…
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Getting Creative, Yep, Yep, Yep
Have you ever seen the Sesame Street martians? About a month ago, Nora watched a YouTube video with them in it, and she’s been talking about them ever since. For the first couple of days she mostly just talked about how they say, “Yep, yep, yep” and “were being silly.” Then she asked to watch…
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Report Card
Today, I win. It’s Chris’ birthday and even though he said not to worry about it, he doesn’t want a cake, etc., etc. I knew there was no way the day could slide by normally. Not after the amazing two weeks worth of fun we had for Nora’s birthday. Not when the day miraculously fell…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Harvard to USDA: Check out the Healthy Eating Plate — Harvard explicitly challenges the USDA’s new plate, and offers their own take on the image. I love it but it’s obvious nothing will come of it: “dairy is not a must have; cut back on red meat; avoid bacon, cold cuts,…
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Saying Goodbye
Today is both a happy and a sad day. Today is the last day that I will be watching Mr. T.I’ve known for a long time that Mr. T’s mama, my good friend Logan, really wanted to stay home with him. I certainly understand the feeling, having worked full-time (and then some) when Nora was…
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Harbor Ice Cream Cruise
Last Sunday was take three on Nora’s birthday. We had originally planned to take Nora on a harbor ice cream cruise on her actual birthday, but bad weather that day cancelled the tours for the day. This past weekend we were finally able to squeeze it in. We managed to take off just in time…
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Blueberry-Lemon Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Slightly adapted from Bon Appetit, August 2001 See more recipes here Two recipes in a row feels a little bit like I’m forgetting to talk about Nora [JPG, 1.29 MB], but this cake is ridiculous, so I had to share. It’s was the perfect cake for our tea party and would be great for any…
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Canning Tomatoes
Not-quite a recipe, but technique refined from a variety of sources See more recipes here Make sure you read the post on canning basics first! This isn’t so much of a recipe as it is a safe and easy first canning project. After a few years of making and canning tomato sauce, I’ve learned that it’s…
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A Saturday Blog Post
There’s no Saturday Surfing this week, because I haven’t done any surfing this week — coincidentally, that’s why there haven’t been any real blog posts since last Monday. Between us being down to just one computer at the moment (I swear it wasn’t me; just because it stopped functioning while I was using it doesn’t mean it’s my…
