I'm in a local moms group and one of our newest activities is a freezer meal swap. Last week, we had our first swap and it has been awesome to have ready-made homemade dinners waiting in my freezer. I loved that I was able[...]
I'm in a local moms group and one of our newest activities is a freezer meal swap. Last week, we had our first swap and it has been awesome to have ready-made homemade dinners waiting in my freezer. I loved that I was able[...]
Last Thursday, Nora turned four and a half. Looking at this picture, I can't help but think how wise she is -- some of the things she says to me are just amazing, and I wonder how can she only be 4 1/2? But other moments I find[...]
One of the less realized impacts of Chris' crazy schedule back in Wyoming was that we had moved away from cooking and eating big breakfasts together as a family. Since we never had dinner together on Nantucket, we had developed a giant[...]
Today is Chris' birthday. When I asked him what kind of cake he wanted, he said he wanted a salad. So this is what we made him... Salad cake! Happy birthday to my wonderful, kind, and loving husband who puts up with my[...]
I am in love with our new kitchen. It's light and bright. It's big and spacious. It's the first kitchen we have ever had that actually fits every one of our appliances, kitchen tools and cooking utensils, with room to spare.[...]
We are out having lots of Fourth of July fun, (here's a sneak peek) but I thought I might actually plan ahead and have a blog post appear anyway. (Imagine that!) This delicious little cupcake is what the big people in our[...]
Today was the first full day Chris had off in months. We slept in, ate pancakes at 10:30, then met the inspector at our almost new house (all's well on that front), and spent a bunch of time together as a family. Chris got l[...]
If you're nerdy like me, there is only one way to celebrate March 14th, a.k.a. ∏ day. And that's with a delicious homemade pie, of course. I almost baked a "healthier" fruit pie (the kind that I have been known to also le[...]