Monthly Archives: April 2012

The post I didn’t want to write

I wrote this post a few weeks ago, and then immediately put off publishing it. However, today is my mother’s birthday, and it seems somehow an appropriate time to finally put this out there. Happy Birthday, Mom. I love you. … Continue reading

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Whole Wheat Ginger-Carrot Muffins + How To Freeze Muffin Batter

There has been an interesting development in my home the last few weeks: Chase has become a fan of carrot juice. And not just any old fan, he’s become the “I can go through a 5-lb bag of carrots in … Continue reading

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There might be an impending coup…

UPDATE: I wrote this post a few hours ago, right before my site went down. That sort of killed the humor for me, but hopefully you all will enjoy: I logged on to my Google reader today and was like, … Continue reading

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No-Good, Very Bad Day

You all remember the book “Alexander and the Terrible Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day” right? I got smacked in the face by one of those this weekend. And the thing about these terrible days is that they don’t even deserve … Continue reading

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Curry Egg Salad

Let’s pretend for a second that the egg salad sandwich is the star of its own movie (please, go with me on this). It would enter the film as a sweet but rather plain girl who always takes a back … Continue reading

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Easter Weekend – 2012

A few fun photos from the past couple of days: We were blessed with plenty of sunshine, friends, food, mimosas and colored eggs. I sincerely hope all of your weekends were just as much fun

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5 Things

This amazing cuff I found at the bottom of a sale bin at Francesca’s while I was picking up some new tights. Truthfully, I never wear things on my wrist, not even a watch, but this was too pretty to … Continue reading

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Smoky White Bean Chowder

Writing a blog is so often an exercise in wrestling with one’s own limitations. There are some limitations that can be easily fixed – spell check was invented for a reason, after all. There are others that may take time … Continue reading

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