Yesterday (Friday) we made pizza as planned—and it turned out great! I absolutely love the crust recipe I've been using. But today, Saturday, is the end of the month, and this morning my cupboards were so bare that Joely came up to me and asked, "Can I have cereal?" and I said, "Sorry, honey, we're [...]
My Nine-Year-Old Chef
Jerah has always loved cooking, and since I've been doing it so much this month with our "3 Moms, 3 Kitchens, 31 Days" adventure, she decided she'd join in on the fun. So yesterday while I was teaching piano lessons, unbeknownst to me, she found a children's cookbook we own that she'd looked through before, [...]
Day 20 & 21: Potato Soup and Sunshine Toast (3 Moms)
I tried a new recipe for potato soup yesterday. Actually, I've never made potato soup before except from a mix, so this is also my first recipe for potato soup that I've ever made. I had to make a couple substitutions because I didn't have the ingredients on hand, but it turned out great anyway. [...]
Common Sense…He'll Be Dearly Missed [*sniff*]
I found this "obituary notice" while Stumbling this afternoon. It was so succinctly descriptive of our modern times, I just couldn't resist posting it here. Obituary Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was [...]


















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