Let me preface this recipe with a funny story. While fixing this meal I was listening to a show on TV about the new documentary, Food Inc. If you are sensitive at all to how others view what you feed your family, do not fix or eat this meal while watching that documentary. I, on [...]
My 30′s started off on the wrong foot. But it really hasn’t been so bad. I haven’t encountered the “extra pounds” that so many told me I would wake up and have one morning. My metabolism seems stable. I still have a great appetite; sometimes it’s entirely too great. My left knee is a bit achy. And [...]
Teen, Tween, and Girl getting along and having fun. The sun was going down and I’m still learning what the right settings are on my camera for tricky lighting like that… so I added a texture to work with the “noise” from a high ISO. Even though it’s not the sharpest picture, it has become [...]
*update on Jan 22, we still have not heard an update, but I continue to think of Frantz and his family* We haven’t heard yet if you are safe. But my thoughts are constantly of you until we get that phone call or e-mail. I was just thinking today of the recent pictures we mailed [...]
A few years ago Pottery Barn Kids had wall canves’ that I just adored for girls’ rooms. But, since we had just moved into a new house I had a lot of decorating to do and needed to spread my budget out over the entire house. So, with Girls help, we made our own canvas’. [...]
The summer before I turned 17, the pregnancy test showed positive. It wasn’t a planned pregnancy. Obviously. And it was a tumultuous time in my life, no time to bring another human around. Especially one that would need my undivided attention. But it happened. And through a lot of soul-searching and a mentally draining journey [...]
This week at i heart faces we are to post our best “face” photo from December 2009-January 2010. I couldn’t resist this photo of my brother because it is completely out of his character and totally for my kids. He is the best uncle ever. This clown costume was given to him as a Christmas gift [...]
