Easy Special K Bars (Guest Post)

January 27, 2011

Good morning! This morning, we have a guest blogger joining us. Her name is Maria Rainier, and she’s sharing her recipe for Easy Special K Bars, which sound delicious. I can’t wait to give them a try. *********************************** Easy Special K Bars There is nothing like an easy recipe that is so good, you get [...]

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Sleep Update (and Other News) **New Update Near Bottom

January 26, 2011

It’s been around a month since we started working on getting Becca into her own bed at night. And tonight, we start on the final stage. She will (usually) sleep in her own bed for naps, if she doesn’t manage to get out of taking a nap that day. She starts off each night in [...]

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What I Learned This Weekend

January 25, 2011

Happy Top-Five Tuesday! This last weekend, I took some time to read through a couple of my Mary Roach books. She’s the author of Stiff (bodies used in science/medicine, and what happens after you die), Bonk (the science of sex), and a couple others. If you ever get the chance to check them out, I [...]

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My Current Love Affair (Homemade Yogurt Recipe)

January 23, 2011

As I sit at the computer, I have approximately half a gallon of milk cooling on the stove. Today is yogurt day. A little less than a year ago, I purchased a yogurt maker. They aren’t fancy or complicated; all it does is keep the yogurt mix warm until actual yogurt develops. You could do [...]

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Mandolin Dreams

January 20, 2011

When I was 11, my mom bought me a guitar for Christmas. A tiny thing with nearly unplayable strings, but I was thrilled. This was the same year she bought one of my sisters a drum set and the other one a violin. What was she thinking? She should have bought herself a set of [...]

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