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I’ve had this cold for almost two weeks. I’m pretty sure bronchitis is in the mix. Should I go to Urgent Care? Maybe. Instead, I took a sick day and slept for four hours. My usual sick day movie is… Read moreSick Day: Live-Blogging “Julie & Julia”
Baguette has a cold, which makes her both snuggly and querulous, sometimes in the same moment. Which means that it’s not necessarily easy to cook. But since I’m making an effort to use what I have, I’m soldiering on (not… Read morePersistence Cooking
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We’ve always known we love Baguette’s day care center. It’s like paying a second mortgage, but totally worth it–we miss her, but we don’t worry about her. And when she’s there all day, that’s important. The teachers balance structure, creativity,… Read moreDay Care is Important
I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas–unless you don’t celebrate it, in which case I hope you had a very nice day. We can all use nice days. When I was a child (and a teen, and… Read moreHoliday Traditions: Roundup
I’m glad that I bought a really comfortable couch when I moved to New Jersey, and that I brought it with me to California when J and I got married, because I’ve spent a lot of time on it over… Read moreYep, It’s a Cold
All kinds of bugs have been floating around my office. I know people who have stayed home sick for days on end, more than once, with flu and stomach yucks. So far I’ve managed to avoid being sick, with the… Read moreViral Marketing
I’ve been doing a lot of cooking over the past week, in spite of (because of?) being sick. I made homemade chicken soup, although I used boxed vegetable stock, and I made slow-cooker BBQ pork, although it also relied on… Read moreNesting
You know what’s good for lunch on a sick day? Buy a can of Campbell’s Healthy Request Tomato Soup. Make it with milk instead of water, and add dashes of the following: cayenne pepper, black pepper, dried basil. Cook. Mmm-mmm-good.
There’s a cold going around that hits you, and then hits you again about two weeks later. I seem to be recovering from part 2 of this particular double-whammy. It’s been frustrating, because first of all it’s no fun to… Read moreInterruption