I’m throwing out a challenge for your taste buds. Try something different – try something slightly Greek – and I guarantee* that you’ll love it. This is one of my favorite meals in the vast collection of my family’s recipes – it is beautiful, delicious, and is a unique taste that you’ll crave incessantly. It’s […]
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The First Annual Grasping for Creativity Conference.
Chris started asking me what I wanted for Christmas in November. Being a woman and expecting him to read my mind, I didn’t answer. Being a mere mortal man and unable to do so, he continued asking. Sometime in mid-December, he began asking with a greater level of forcefulness. I still ignored his question. But […]
Sick, With a Side of Sick.
Hi! Noah here. SO. I heard you heard I was sick. It was a dark time in my life. I was so ill that there was very little that I wanted in the universe. You would think that would make me considered low-maintenance, right? But no – The Servant Who Calls Herself Mommy picked that […]
How to Make Snow Cream Like a Southerner.
So most of you are from places north of here. Every time I ask you to tell me where you’re all from, the most popular states are Wisconsin, Michigan, Idaho, Utah, Washington, and Oregon. Which means that you get about…167 times more snow than we do. Yet. When we do have snow and I mention […]
Clean-up on Aisle 7.
Today I have a guest post by one of my good blogging friends, Abbie. She left The World’s Longest Comment on one of my blog posts last year, and I immediately deleted it and told her she would have to guest blog it instead. And so she did – but in the in between, she […]
Top Four Moments of 2013.
4. The following conversation with Ali: “Mommy, you know what really disappoints me about the new Tinkerbell movie?” “No. What?” “Well, the other fairies – Fawn and Rosetta and all – call Periwinkle Periwinkle before they even know her name.” “Oh. That is a serious continuity issue!” “I know. It really bothers me.” (I have […]
I Like Taking Turns. And it is Yours.
So I was consumed all of last week with a very sick two-year-old. Three doctor’s visits and one emergency room adventure because he has Croup and RSV, two nasty intruders who don’t play nicely together. And even though it seems like a middle-of-the-night emergency room visit alone with a toddler who can turn on and […]
Talk to Your Doctor about CRS.
Noah has hit the Continual Repeat Stage (also known as CRS.) CRS is a dangerous stage in a mother’s life, as it can be a detriment to the continuation of her sanity if not responded to in a calculated manner. CRS is most obviously exhibited by a request repeated continuously, with no break for response, […]
Toddlers Who Lunch.
I like cooking, but I am also lazy. Consequently, we eat out far too often. And, due to their overexposure to this practice, my kids are fairly well-behaved in restaurants. However. Chris and I, being the overly sensitive people-pleasing type that we are, still have a long list of rigidly adhered-to rules about when and […]
The Birthday Archives.
Six. There’s something about that number that seems very significant – as if it’s the 21st birthday of being a kid – as if they should legally be allowed to drink caffeinated beverages or something. Last weekend, I went through the ridiculous amount of photos that I’ve taken of Ali’s six years of life. It […]