The majority of my day centers around feeding something. If I am not actively preparing food I am thinking about what I'm going to make, shopping for what I'm going to make, or cleaning up what I just made. And yet despite three meals and one healthy (relatively) snack every single day, my children are non-stop ravenous, insatiable beasts. Until dinner, that is. That's ...
Damn you Pinterest! Damn you to hell! Oh, and happy Valentines Day!
So I saw this really cute idea on Pinterest for Valentines Day cards, which I tried to replicate. Cute, right? Yes, cute until you have to make 29. TWENTY NINE. !!!!! That's cutting out and taping 87 hand prints, cutting out and taping 87 faces, and addressing 29 envelopes. I had my own little sweat shop set up in the dining room. Ellie kept complaining ...
Death of a laptop
I don't know if you've ever experienced the death of a laptop, but it's not unlike the death of a loved one. Well, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. It's more like the death of a distant relative you didn't know existed, or someone who used to work in your building but you didn't care all that much about. I guess what I'm trying to say is all we are is dust in the ...
The crock
Before I got my cooking skills I never ever ever thought I'd be writing this post. Ever. Ever.Ever. Before I started my weight loss journey in January I had LITERALLY used an oven a handful of times. Three times to make my kids' birthday cakes, twice for a frozen pizza and once for frozen taquitos for my housewarming party in 2004. My New Years resolution was to cook ...
Winterest Friday
So here's another installment of Pinterest in Real Life - things I see on Pinterest and attempt to do in the privacy of my own home. Then share with thousands of people. Here's the first one - family wedding pictures in old barn windows. To be fair, this is something I did when Pinterest was still a gleam in Bill Gates' eye. Actually I don't know who invented Pinterest but I ...