Our first recipe in honor of Oreo’s 100th birthday this week is for Oreo-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies. These cookies are totally gilding the lily, which is an excellent thing when it comes to baked goods. I know you’re thinking this is like the cookie version of a terducken, but they really are divine. As the […]
This is a parenting tip that I just barely learned with baby #5. it’s so advanced and so counterintuitive that only the most advanced parents may employ it*: If your child starts to throw up, DO NOT pick the child up and dash madly for the closest bathroom. You will only leave a giant trail […]
Do you have the little handheld game called 20Q? It’s based on the game called 20 questions and is eerily, freakily correct most of the time. We have one of these floating around our house (actually I think we have two) and every once in a while I have the urge to try to outwit […]
I’m about to walk out the door to JoAnn Fabrics. I shall be buying fabric and sewing a pioneer outfit for my oldest daughter for the Pioneer Trek this weekend. It’s a tradition of Mormons to recreate a pioneer experience for the teenagers every few years. Of course starvation, death and cholera will be omitted […]
We’re back from Galveston. Did you know that it’s actually an island? I didn’t until I went there this week. My friend Cheryl invited us to come and hang out with her and her kids (our husbands both had to work. They’re lame that way) to “escape the heat”. Unfortunately Galveston defies all logic. Despite […]
Remember being a young teenage girl and realizing that you might just maybe, possibly smell bad? One day you’re spending your babysitting money on Wacky Packs and Hubba Bubba and the next day you’re riding your bike to the drug store to buy some Love’s Baby Soft, because what if you stink? What if that’s […]
It’s been cold here in Texas over the last couple of weeks. It got down to 22º which may not be that big of a deal to you, but it meant I had to bust out my socks. The rest of the year I go sockless, but once the temperatures get down into the 30’s […]
I haven’t posted for over a month??? Wow. I hadn’t realized. I’ve just lost the mojo or something. I feel really bad because I didn’t even post any of the cool stuff that happened over the summer. Some of it made me sad. Like this: Somebody flew the coop. Baby India graduated from high school. […]
It’s been cold here in Texas over the last couple of weeks. It got down to 22º which may not be that big of a deal to you, but it meant I had to bust out my socks. The rest of the year I go sockless, but once the temperatures get down into the 30’s […]
Today is the 7th birthday of my youngest girl, Adelaide Amelia Clementine. For her birthday she asked for a skateboard, a Texas Longhorns T-shirt, new tennis shoes, and a basketball hoop that is more her size. Can you say tomboy? (Sweet shot, Ada!) Finn, on the other hand, did not want to try out the […]
Here it is——->>>>>> You guys, I thought the oil/shortening assignment would be an easy one! So far my list of good girls is short: Anybody else have something they want to tell me? In case you have been wondering where to store your food, I thought I would include a picture of our […]
I got together yesterday with my old high school friend Kim. Jasper and her daughter got along very well. As in “madly in love”. It’s so cool when your kids get to meet your friends’ kids–and they get along! Sorry the pictures are blurry. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t hold the camera steady.
I recently bought a new mascara by Tarte. It came highly recommended on Makeup Alley (if you don’t consult Makeup Alley before you buy makeup, then you are really missing out) and it was 40% off at Ulta the day I happened to be there. Imagine my surprise when I opened it up to try […]
I got together yesterday with my old high school friend Kim. Jasper and her daughter got along very well. As in “madly in love”. It’s so cool when your kids get to meet your friends’ kids–and they get along! Sorry the pictures are blurry. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t hold the camera steady.