I made these two new recipes for the boys' big sleepover on the 21st, and I definitely want to share them! They were well received by the crowd of boys, and I am already planning when I will make them each again.


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This is the second morning in a row where I've been dreaming of a banana and a glass of milk in the last few minutes of my sleep. Actually dreaming of them ( Read more... )

Aaaaaand, I'm awake.

A couple nights ago, once "Boy Bedtime" was complete, Philip and I snuggled in to watch the latest episode of CSI: Miami on the DVR, followed by a movie. We chose Year One, and it was predictable Jack Black/Michael Cera humor. We chuckled and had a good time. After a couple weeks of insane bedtimes, I was struggling to see the ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago was the school year's last 'Breakfast & A Book' morning, that I attended. The busy school activities kicked into HIGH gear this week, however, and there seemed to be something every day ( Read more... )

I just returned home from "Breakfast & A Book" at the boys' school. We munched on doughnuts bananas, and we drank juice - all in the library! It felt so sneaky!

I read Jack's book, More Than An Igor, to him while he ate, and A.J. read silently in his head while eating. When I finished with Jack's book, I read a quick chapter in A.J.'s book, The ( Read more... )

Today is 'Push Through Laundry' Day. For the first time in ages, I've not done the laundry every other day or so. In fact, I've not done the laundry since last Saturday, so I've got FIVE loads to do. Both hampers were completely full in the closet this morning! The first load is in the dryer now, and the second is in the washer. Jack's soccer shirt ( Read more... )

O, oatmeal.
How had I forgotten you?
Months have passed since last we met eyes,
Or raisins (can you see with those?).
Too long, my friend;
Ne'er let's part again.

- the girl with the MMMmmm's

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I just spent the last hour figuring out how to add a 'tag' index to my journal. I've seen tags listed on lots of different journal types, but I wanted a scroll bar for my own, knowing that I've used a lot of tags already (and I can foresee the list only getting longer).

Once I did that, I also added a tags scrollbar to draco_hermione, but I had to re-up it to ( Read more... )