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Gotta love carbs.

After answering a recent Four Foods on Friday in which I admitted I had never even taken my waffle maker out of the box, I finally braved it a couple nights ago. Actually, I had had enough of Lauren ridiculing me for being intimidated by a small kitchen appliance ( Read more... )

The kids were off today, but it wasn't because of the snow. Although I wonder if school would even have been called off because it wasn't sunny. But that's just snarky.

I wanted to go to Costco today and get that errand done, but I'm glad I decided to stay put. There wasn't a lot of snow, but it did cause a forty-vehicle pile-up not far from ( Read more... )

Becca and the rest of the fifth graders had a mock election for a social studies unit. They all had to run for office, which included making posters and speeches. Becca ran for "delegate," and actually ended up winning one of six delegate positions. One of her campaign promises was a cupcake for every fifth-grader (promised with my OK). So I ( Read more... )

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Although I've been overwhelmed and stressed, not to mention fighting my usual seasonal depression, I have been able to get it together and get in some fun stuff. We were supposed to go to Hersheypark tonight to see the Christmas lights, but it's so damp and dreary and miserably cold that we decided to go next weekend. But we did get a bunch of ( Read more... )

I've been both busy and unmotivated since I last updated, which has made Christmas preparations difficult. I have so much to do, but the weather has been so gray and gloomy for over a month now that sometimes just getting out of bed in the morning can be the most successful part of my day. Christmas Eve is only a week away, and I still have ( Read more... )

Jujuboo boo-ed me today (which sounds funny spoken out loud), which was pretty cool. I'm supposed to go around to blogs I like and Boo them as well; however, I'm whipped and getting ready to go to bed after I post. By the time I get back on, Halloween will be done ( Read more... )

I have been terrible about taking pictures of food I make recently. It's so much harder to do a photo journal post of a recipe while you're overseeing homework, running kids here and there, etc. But here are a few things I've made recently, with links to the recipes ( Read more... )

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