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Recipe Explosion
This post is going to contain two apologies. First off, I have to apologize if your reader is overflowing with posts from me. When I first started sharing recipes on this site, I had added them as pages rather than actual blog posts. I don’t really see myself as a food blogger, but now and…
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December 4th
Today I was going to get back on track with my report cards. I haven’t written one for a while (try since October 2nd) and I really do want to make a point of regularly checking in with myself and the Housewife Challenges. Plus, it’s been a good week around here: I’m writing this in…
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Missed Opportunities
In reflecting on not taking advantage of what might have been my only opportunity to directly tell a key government official everything on my mind, I couldn’t help but think about a project my friend Laura is working on. Lovelorn Poets is a really quirky blog that highlights the best poetry and messages posted to…
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Banned Book Recommendations
As I mentioned in last week’s post, What Nora Shouldn’t Read,about censoring books as a parent, part two of my banned book week series can be found on Indie Fixx. I really love Jen’s blog and feel honored to guest post as part of her book club, so go check it out!
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Personality
Nora is doing some really amazing things right now, as she teeters on the edge of toddler-hood. She loves to stand — all the time — and doesn’t even really need to hold on to things anymore. She’s figured out how to play independently and will just crawl into her room to look at books…
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Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake
We did a lot of baking this week: muffins for the La Leche League meeting, bread for our house, a practice cake for Nora’s birthday. Some of it was good and some of it was a complete failure. This is the second time I’ve tried to bake bread that requires a sponge (from a reliable…