Crack Pie

April 15, 2010

Oh, my!
I have a sweet tooth (those who know me well are laughing at that one). I also love to bake sweet treats for any gathering. When I saw the recipe for Crack Pie TM in a LA Times article syndicated in my local paper, my response bordered on Pavlovian.
Crack Pie, so named because [...]

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That Kiss

April 12, 2010

I save The Good Wife to watch on nights when my husband (more of a Two and a Half Men kind of guy) isn’t around. He was out a lot last week, so I played catch up with the DVR. I’m a little late with this, but, DID YOU SEE THAT KISS?!
I knew it [...]

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The First Weekend in April

April 5, 2010

BUSY! BUSY! BUSY!
Friday was Fish’s tenth birthday. So, there was some of this.

Grammy & Grandpa gave her a “Just Like You” doll from American Girl and we thought she was going to cry.

The arrival of her new doll encouraged her brother to get his doll, named Sonic. (This is an improvement from the doll’s [...]

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10

April 2, 2010

Today you are 10 years old.
Ten
Diez
A Decade
Double Digits
You are smart, but more importantly you are curious. You want to understand that which is new to you. You aren’t afraid to ask for a definition or an explanation. Explanations, that given the complexities of this world we live in, I am sometimes woefully [...]

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Blog Post Interrupted

March 31, 2010

Working from home has its challenges, the biggest of which is endless opportunities to waste time. Yesterday’s to do list included two blog posts, paying some bills, a phone call to my Dad and laundry. Sometimes I am my own worst enemy with regards to being productive, but sometimes, productivity isn’t all it [...]

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Writing about why I haven’t been writing

March 23, 2010

Well the last week here in Skeeterville has been fun. I started a week ago Monday when I awoke at 4am to Mim vomiting IN HIS SLEEP. Clearly it had happened a few times and sleeps-like-a-rock mommy didn’t hear him. When I woke him to clean him up, first words out of [...]

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St. Patty’s Day Pinwheels

March 14, 2010

I made sugar cookies today. I found this recipe on Allrecipes.com around Christmastime and the title is true, they are THE best sugar cookies ever.
Today I tinted half the dough green in honor of St. Patty’s Day. Then, I layered the green dough on top of regular dough to make pinwheel cookies.
Erin Go Bragh!

var [...]

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Rosie, the Roomba

March 11, 2010

I HATE to clean. It is a rare bird who likes to clean, but most people tolerate it and actually make an effort to do it regularly. Many people are bothered by dust bunnies, or sand crunching under foot. Me? I was born with the innate ability to completely ignore filth. It is [...]

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Pierced Ears

March 9, 2010

I was around 12 when I got my ears pierced. My mom wasn’t ready for this grown up step, but I was fortunate to have an aunt and older cousin go to bat for me.
My daughter has a similar advocate in Auntie. I’m an only child, and while I have chosen close friends that [...]

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The Dork at THIS keyboard

March 4, 2010

With apologies to Oh The Joys, this post is in honor of Tanis, and in a few years, for my kids.
There was a time when I wanted to be “cool”. I wanted to look like the other kids and wear what the cool kids wore (In sixth grade I had to have moccasins, in [...]

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