Breakfast any time of day is my favorite meal; I have an extensive list of family favorite recipes that are in constant rotation. My husband prefers waffles more than pancakes, and so do I, but up till this past year I had never made them for him. I’m pretty sure a waffle maker was on […]Read Post ›
I’ve bellyached about February for years, so imagine my surprise when I was telling my husband about all the plans I have for February this year and how very much I am looking forward to this dreadful month! Last year I rather unintentionally took a blogging break, I was just so busy doing stuff that […]Read Post ›
Since returning to the states, an unexpected challenge has been getting Angelina to drink liquid throughout the day. Raised in an orphanage without potable water, she was most likely accustomed to being chronically dehydrated. During the weeks we spent at her orphanage, my husband and I noticed that the kids got a mug of water […]Read Post ›
I recently finished The Penderwicks In Spring by Jeanne Birdsall and oh my goodness was it ever delightful! One of the many bits of lore you learn about this family is that at the age of five (the age of reason according to the mother) each of the Penderwick sisters picks their favorite birthday cake […]Read Post ›
The first thing I noticed about my husband (besides his dashing good looks and sonorous voice) was his perpetual enthusiasm. Everything we have done in our relationship, including planning our wedding in a week, living in Cambridge for a year, and taking a road trip to get 2 chinchillas, is thanks to this conversation: Me: […]Read Post ›
I don’t always do a blog-along (or whatever these things are called when you jump on board another person’s blog topic), but when I do it’s because my friend Adriane started gushing about aprons and then asked other people to share their apron stories too. One a week. How many weeks in a year? How […]Read Post ›
This embracing life and living with the now rather than relying on all that I hope to accomplish in the not-too-distant-but-not-defined-future has been pretty spectacular. It has led to one unexpected things though, I don’t find myself putzing about on the computer and writing blog posts because I’m actually doing things that I’ve been dreaming […]Read Post ›
Baby is asleep, time to buckle down and unburden these brown boxes brimming with bounty. Hmmm this is fun – baby, buckle, brown, boxes, brimming, bounty, books, bottles, boots, berries, blueberries, baking, baking blueberry buckle – brilliant! Sorry brown boxes, you have been bumped to the backburner while I bounce to the kitchen, don the […]Read Post ›
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