Part of being a Mormon is being prepared for a disaster. It might be financial, it might be personal. It might involve the place where you live or, heck, the whole world! Maybe it’s a big, fat ice storm or a zombie apocalypse. Whatever it is, you don’t want to be caught without food, water […]
I am not a believer in luck. I mean, lucky things happen. But I don’t believe in it as a “force” exactly. But I do believe in the Magic Circle. I have a Magic Circle. I was having lunch with some friends today and we started discussing what exactly the… Read More
Hey lurker from New Jersey! Who are you and why do you live in such a funny-sounding town? Every time I see the name Hopatcong I start saying it in my mind and can’t stop for an hour or two. Is it some sort of wacky Indian name?
We had cousins from Mister’s family here last week. You couldn’t pick a more diverse-looking group of children. Here we have York, India and Jane. Jane is about a foot taller than York even though she’s a few months younger (India is both the oldest and the shortest). Jane hates being the tallest person in […]
Mister is all about breakfast on the weekends. Not only is it his favorite meal, but he is a great cook. His waffles are so good that his office has requested that he make them once a week on “Waffle Wednesday”. I’m quite partial to his Kielbasa Eggs (growing up in Detroit gave me a […]
You know Texas is HOT in the summer so although we have swimming pools every ten feet, we also have several beloved swimming’ holes (also it’s always “swimmin’” not “swimming” unless you want to sound like an out-of-towner). Growing up in Michigan we had lakes in every direction. We swam… Read More
I’m wild about polka dots. I love them always, on everything. Polka dot nail art was the first thing I wanted to learn how to do when I started getting more into nail design a couple of years ago. I would read all these nail blogs and wonder how in… Read More
Jasper is having a hard week. His grand passion (A.K.A. his pacifier. Known around here as “the dummy”) was nowhere to be found on Friday night. I took that as a sign from the parenting gods that his days of sucking on silicone were at an end. With most of the other kids I took […]
The Kindergarten birthday party circuit has begun. And now that I’m on my sixth kindergartener I have made a decision: if I can’t drop my kid off and leave the party then we won’t be coming. Sorry. Your child’s birthday is not important to me. Isn’t it enough that we bought a present? Asking me […]
It’s strawberry season in Texas! Every year I drag my kids to the berry farm to pick strawberries. It’s only fair since they’re the ones who eat most of them! It might not be berry season yet where you live, but it will be soon enough. Jam is my favorite… Read More
Remember this heinous old thing? I bought it at Wimberley Market Days which is a really cute flea market held once a month in the darling town of Wimberly, Texas. I went with Lorie from Be Different, Act Normal. It’s not the kind of flea market that sells Sham-Wows and huge bags of no-name tube […]
Today we were on our way to church when a car pulled up beside us at s stop sign. It was a nice new convertible. The woman in the passenger seat was wearing a bathing suit and there was a young boy in the back. I heaved a big sigh because some Sundays I would […]
I always tear up a little when the kids walk out the front door on the first day of school. I fix a nice breakfast to mark the specialness of the first day. This year we ate yogurt and left-over Texas Sheet Cake. I forgot to buy bread, so the sandwiches for their lunches? […]
I’ve been devoting all morning to these. They are totally not worth the effort, by the way (but let’s hope the third graders in Arabella’s class appreciate them.) In case you’re super insane and want to make these, here is the easiest way to do it: –make a white cake mix (I usually substitute melted […]