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Recipes to Try
Do you ever get in a recipe rut? I do, but that’s mainly because I could eat tacos five nights a week. Okay, it’s 7 nights a week, but who’s counting? Unfortunately, the children in my household aren’t as enamored with tacos as I am. Clearly, I’ve gone wrong somewhere in their child-rearing. I ran across 3 intriguing recipes recently. One of them I tried and loved. Two of them I haven’t tried yet, but for mainly legit reasons. Read on and I’ll justify my inaction… NIGHT CEREAL: SAVORY QUINOA RECIPE I use quinoa in my Dave’s Killer Bread CopyCat Recipe, but other than that, I don’t cook with it regularly.…
Pressing Pause
Happy Friday Folks! I’m taking the day off to do a little of this. While the kids do a little of this. I think they picked the perfect spot for a happy birthday celebration. I’m 99% certain I’ll be back on Monday. Maybe 98%… Share this:
Feeling the Buzz{Feed}
Folks, this might be my Oscars moment. Naturally, I prepared a speech. I’d like to thank the people who told me sewing was a piece of cake. It probably is if you actually do it more than once in a blue moon and your bobbin thread isn’t a hot mess. I’d like to thank the people who chuckled when I explained what I could do with Liquid Stitch and iron-on hem tape. Admit it, my no-sew felt pillows and Christmas pillow were pretty cool. I’d like to thank the people who said sewing just takes a little bit of patience – something that’s clearly not in my repertoire. So, please, for the love of…
Spring Break
Woohoo! It’s Spring Break here in Georgia! Is it just me or are we the last in the country to have Spring Break? Regardless, we’ll take it! Photo Credit: Meg Davidson Photography I’m taking off this week to spend adventuring with our happy little family! Try not to miss me too much, okay? Share this:
Please Hold. Projects in Progress.
I had a totally amazing makeover planned to share with you today. Then this happened. I’m a chalk paint idiot. It’s supposed to be foolproof. I guess they didn’t test it on this fool. It will probably take me 137 additional years to finish this project now. I have some other excuses for not getting this project done too. My son vomited. My husband was out of town. I burned my fingers on the hot glue gun. I couldn’t find the staples for the staple gun. These things are all true. So what. In the grand scheme of things, they don’t even make a blip on the radar. Today I’m going…
I Didn’t Expect You’d Read That…
Happy New Year! Woohoo! Until recently we lived on the West Coast and could ring in the New Year on East Coast time. Now that we live on the East Coast, well…there goes a perfectly good plan. In other news, I’m going to be an excellent senior citizen! I’m still enjoying winter break with the kids. They don’t go back to school until January 6, but I’m popping in today to share how dang surprised I was to learn what actually gets read on this little piece of the Internet. My on-going hate-hate relationship with my sewing machine is ironically what created my most-read post thus far in the history of the…
Black Friday
To all of you out there braving the cold and the lines on Black Friday. God bless you. I just can’t do it. The lines. The people. The lines. The people. I’m not strong enough. Besides, I have Amazon. 😉 Here are some things that have been kid-approved in our household this year. BOOK: Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures My 8-year-old daughter LOVED this book and thought it was hilarious. We read a lot of it aloud together and it is a fascinating world for a young mind. TOY: Ninja Nunchaku Toy Weapons I have a 5-year-old boy. Need I say more? These are foam and I speak from experience when…
Technical Difficulties
Of course the day I am away from the computer ALL DAY LONG is the day that the website goes down for who knows what reason. Thanks for hanging in there with me. After duking it out with our hosting provider, everything is back up and running now. I think. Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with my regularly scheduled post because IT’S A GOOD ONE! I’m happily uploading photos now! Share this:
Things That Make Me Happy #1
Hello! I thought I would start a periodic series about the random things that are making me happy at one particular moment in time. Here it goes… 1. This powerful letter from a teacher to parents about THAT kid in the class. The one you are worried is going to disrupt your child’s learning process, take away from instructional time your child will get with the teacher or maybe even hurt your child. 2. This song “Beautiful Day“…about making each day beautiful and remembering you are alive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phAMNprBKY8 3. Another song by Rachel Platten! About those times you need to dig deep and be strong to reach your goals. 4. Watercolor hearts picture on…
The Jacket I Love So Much I Bought It Twice
Here’s the deal with me. When I like something, I really, really like it. It’s probably a good thing I don’t experience this phenomenon regularly. This admission leads me to my present obsession and a post full of awkward selfies taken in my powder room. I was looking for a jacket with a hood late last year and I found some snazzy jackets online. Of course, they all cost one bazillion dollars plus a hair from the mane of a magical, pink unicorn. So, I started searching on Amazon because as an Amazon Prime member, I get free shipping and they make returns easy. That’s not an advertisement, just my experience. Plus, I’m allergic to large…
