I’m not fully sold on the name, but I just can’t call this meatloaf. It’s too misleading. This has very little in common with regular old meatloaf. When Bear and I first got married, I was a vegetarian and he couldn’t imagine a meal without red meat. It became apparent in a real hurry that […]
[Continue reading...]Long Overdue Presents
March 3, 2010
I so have the best of intentions whenever a present comes due. I have these grand visions of even getting ahead one day, keeping a drawer with handmade presents I can choose from to send out the week of the special day. Yeah right. It’s the curse of the crafter to always be chasing these […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #9
March 2, 2010
I really should have taken before pictures so you could appreciate how awful my bathroom cabinets were. Jumbles of travel sized shampoos, old hair styling tools, facial masques, and enough lotion to rehydrate a mummy. Meanwhile all the pet owner paraphernalia was strewn about, constantly underfoot. Thanks to good old Michael’s and their frequent 50% […]
[Continue reading...]My willful child: in pictures.
March 1, 2010
I don’t like hats. Mom! I don’t like hats! Leave me alone! Get it off me! I DON’T LIKE HATS! Why are you torturing me? LEAVE ME ALONE! This is all you’re getting. Take your stupid picture.
[Continue reading...]Superhero T-Shirt Quilt
February 26, 2010
When my cousin Karen was going through the bags and bags of clothes her kids had grown out of, she set aside a bunch of shirts that held sentimental value. The shirts the kids really loved the most. And every single one of them turned out to be a superhero shirt. Her boys love to […]
[Continue reading...]Fashion show! Fashion show! Fashion show at lunch!
February 25, 2010
One benefit to having had Atticus much later than most of my friends had their kids, is that once everyone decides they’re done with kids and ready to give stuff away for good, I’m here with open arms waiting to receive it. A couple months ago one of my very favorite cousins, Karen, was cleaning […]
[Continue reading...]Roasted sweet potato fries and homemade ranch dressing
February 24, 2010
This was one of the little snacky dishes I made for my vegetarian dinner party a few weeks ago, and I’ve probably made it every other week since. It couldn’t be easier and SOOOOO yummy. To make the sweet potato fries, I chopped the sweet potato up, tossed the fries in olive oil, salt and […]
[Continue reading...]2010 Year of Pleasures #8
February 23, 2010
This is peach pear soda in case anyone thinks I’ve suddenly renounced my faith in favor of a wide-bodied Chardonnay. No, I don’t drink, but I still put my wine glasses to use. To me, drinking a soda out of a wine glass as I’m working in the kitchen (or even sometimes in the garden […]
[Continue reading...]Atti and his Entourage
February 23, 2010
We just finished up a big meeting where a bunch of the people who help Atti get care all get together in a room and discuss how he’s doing and what we want him to do better, and like any good blogger I couldn’t let them leave without snapping a picture. I give thanks at […]
[Continue reading...]Fancy New Bags for my Fancy New Job
February 19, 2010
I have to carry a ton of stuff back and forth to all my Young Women meetings. Along with my regular set of scriptures, I carry a big binder with all my planning information in it, plus my own set of keys because Bear and I usually have to drive separately now, my cell phone […]
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