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I think it’s funny that a lot of my friends think I’m super organized when it comes to meal planning. The truth is that for about nine months of the year, I am scrambling around at 5 p.m. trying to scrape together various cans of this and whatever meat I can find in the fridge…
I don’t get out much. My idea of “me time” these days is sitting in the dentist’s chair being lulled into a mindless state by the steady hum of the drill. My idea of a quality meal is when I add a side dish of a flavored rice packet to the chicken and mushroom soup…
I have been sitting at my computer for the past hour blurting out phrases like, “I don’t believe this.” “No way.” “I love this.” “You have to be kidding.” What’s all the fuss? Well, if you know me then you can probably guess it has to do with my unnatural obsession with meal planning. I…
Last weekend, a friend invited a few ladies over to learn how to make cookie bouquets. I had no idea what this day would include, but I was in desperate need of some adult conversation and it sounded like a fun excuse to get together with some friends. My friend’s friend makes cookie bouquets as…
Well, Hello! How are you, Long Lost Blog? We have been having a great summer. We’ve been spending long days at the pool, hanging out with friends or going on adventures. But the summer schedule has taken a toll on my meal-planning efforts. I’m determine to get back in a rhythm. I’m actually going to…
I don’t know about you, but the hardest part for me about cooking dinner has nothing to do with cooking. It’s simply coming up with the ideas for what to cook. I go through spurts with my meal-planning efforts. Sometimes I plan out meals for a month. Other times, I do Sunday planning sessions for…
Last night, I served my kids one of my favorite comfort food recipes. It’s officially called “Meat and Corn Bread Squares”. But I think we will rename it Corn Bread Chili, since it’s basically chili mixed with corn bread in a pan. I wasn’t sure if my kids would eat it, but all three reported,…
I have so many favorite recipes, but I often have to go on a search to find them when I need them. Some are in cookbooks. Others are on the Internet. And others are stored on little pieces of paper tucked somewhere in the cabinet. Recently, I’ve started using my own blog to find recipes…
The past 19 days have been a blur. A comfy, cozy, cuddly, sleep-deprived blur. The days and nights are a never-ending cycle of naps, feeding baby, changing diapers and staring into deep dark baby eyes, sprinkled with home school, taking turns holding baby and trying to sneak in a shower sometime before bed. On Friday,…
What is this strange force that takes over the mind and body of a woman in her final days of pregnancy? It makes no sense. She feels about as poorly as she ever will. Her back and legs hurt. She should be sitting with her feet up. And yet, she can’t sleep until she cleans…
