On Monday it snowed - actual flurries of accumulating snow.


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Whoever says being a stay at home mom isn't work needs to come spend about 15 hot seconds in my "office".  I work for 5 of the toughest bosses in the universe ( Read more... )

I am currently acquainted with an inordinate amount of people who are either getting married or having babies.  This is probably because most of the people I hang out with are actually young enough to be my actual children (if I'd started procreating at the age of 18).  The alternative is hanging out with people my own age - but I'm fairly certain ( Read more... )

It's a lot colder than most people think...


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Today I'm linking up with one of my favorite blogs, 320 Sycamore, in honor of her annual "Favorite Things" link party.


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When things get a little hairy during the bleak and terrible hours between 4 and 6:00, I can always count on good ol' Crayola products and paper to keep at least two of my children busy (i.e. not at each other's throats or under my feet ( Read more... )

When the weather plunges to frigid digits, survival drinks are in order.

For the kids, hot chocolate.


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My mom and grandma both sewed; dresses, skirts, pillows, Christmas stockings - you name it.  I have many, many memories of them both huddled over my mom's sewing machine, scolding it when it wouldn't do what it was supposed to, laughing when one of them accidentally closed up a seam...

Unfortunately the sewing gene seems to have skipped a generation ( Read more... )

I know I talk a lot about my dinner failures, but mealtime rejection is a real spirit killer, folks.  It's not like I've rid the house of all treats in lieu of brussel sprouts and tofu.  To the contrary, there are snacks-a-plenty in our pantry, and the meals I make aren't vegan or raw, for Pete's sake, they are just simply made from scratch from ( Read more... )

Today these are my two BFFs:


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