Halloween is over for another year and I am sitting in the kitchen looking at a counter full of candy wondering how much I can eat before my kids notice. My two-year old keeps walking by looking up at me saying “Trick-or-Treat?” and holding out his already chocolate stained hand. The kids had a fantastic [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
2 Nov
The Aftermath
8 Oct
Because I’m don’t have enough to worry about right now…
If someone could just come and smack me over the head with an inappropriately large rubber mallet, I would be forever in their debt. I just don’t know how much more I can take right now! After the puss caterpillar incident a few weeks ago (read about it here), I was ready for things to [...]
5 Oct
Stay Tuned…
I feel like baking today, so stay tuned for pictures! Plus, coming later this month:
How-To: Sewing quick and easy trick-or-treat bags
More NFL team-inspired eye makeup looks (if you have no idea what this means, read my post here. Also, let me know what teams you would like to see translated into easy and fun eye [...]
30 Sep
Bad Bug!
This is not a picture of a wildly furry puppy. This is not some new cat breed. This is a caterpillar… a Puss Caterpillar, one of the most toxic caterpillars in the United States. Why am I writing about this weird little monster? Well, my 5 year old daughter had a brief encounter with it [...]
24 Sep
His Lovely Wife
A friend recently put a quote from a book she was reading on Facebook: “…when her husband came home from work he was greeted not by his children’s mother, and not by the housekeeper, but by the woman he married”. (Talking about the wife of the 50’s changing her clothes before her husband came home)”. I’m [...]
4 Jul
Red White and Blueberry Pancakes
This 4tth of July, I decided to put on my Suzie Homemaker hat and whip up a batch of delicious Red White and Blueberry Pancakes…
Gather the following and enjoy them any time of the year!
1 box pancake mix (I use the cheapy stuff from walmart)
Vanilla Extract
1 pint fresh blueberries
1 pint fresh strawberries
Sugar
Whipped Cream
I like to [...]
4 Jun
It’s not about the money
I am a ball of stress. I have always been a ball of stress. No matter the situation, I will find a way to stress about it. Lately I’ve been stressing about money. Sound familiar? I bet you do the same thing from time to time, more so in our current economy. Gas prices are [...]
2 Jun
Back on the horse that threw me
Okay, so I’ve decided to start writing on my blog again… in fact, I’m picking up a lot of things again. Getting back to being my crafty self, getting back to being my normal self. I guess some time off from normalicy is to be expected. After the loss of the baby we ended up [...]
