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Growing up, this is how my mother collected recipes. She’d write them on 3×5 cards and keep them in a recipe file box. She also had a variety of cookbooks, although her mainstay was The Joy of Cooking. I have… Read moreDrowning in Recipes
“Smell Like a Monster” on YouTube Thank you, Sesame Street! (And thank you, too, Wandering Scientist!) Chicken, Mozzarella, and Asparagus Pasta on The Coterie Blog Yum. Just, yum. 23 Fun Summer Bucket List Activities for Families on Parenting Squad If… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
The On Mom has a post about party planning and Pinterest that definitely is worth a read. As for me, I like Pinterest. I think it’s fun, and I use it a fair amount. I don’t base my life on… Read moreBirthdays in the Era of Pinterest
That’s it. That’s your warning. If you read beyond this (which I’m adding for those of you who get previews in your RSS readers), then consider yourself to have made an informed choice. You’re about to read plot and character… Read moreHere Be Spoilers
As of today, I have been blogging for seven years. I think that hyperlinked text may be longer than my first blog post. So how has my blogging evolved? In fact, (as you may be able to tell from that… Read moreTraditions: Blogging, or Happy Anniversary to Me
It’s not just Kristin Wiig’s Suze Orman. Nope. Baguette is obsessed with her raincoat. Why do I find this noteworthy? All winter, Baguette would scream any time we put her in a jacket, no matter how cold it was. No… Read moreYou Can Never Have Too Many Jackets
What do you call a community of some 40,000 women who support each other? SITS! Just like the name says, the secret is in support. Each day, the site features a blogger, and today’s my day. Those of you who… Read moreIt’s My SITS Day!
So I’ve finished Rob Lowe’s Stories I Only Tell My Friends, and for the most part I liked it. I’ve never been a huge Rob Lowe fan–I’ve liked his more recent work on The West Wing and Parks & Recreation,… Read moreThe Lowe Down: One More Celebrity Memoir
How to Clean Every Room in Your Home with Items You Already Have on lifehacker Save time on shopping for cleaning supplies. How to Make Horchata on America’s Test Kitchen: The Feed Make a delicious drink. 16 Deep-Fried Recipes on… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
So I’ve gone through a spate of celebrity memoirs lately, which is interesting–because I pretty much never read celebrity memoirs. This binge, though, had a theme. Growing up, I was a huge Little House on the Prairie fan. I’d read… Read moreLittle House in the Big Bookstore