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Sometimes when you’re being weighed down by some heavy grown-up struggles, you really just need a giggle to lighten the load. Kids are the perfect medium to give you such spontaneous giggles. Jeremy came in to the laundry room to find me and said “Mom, I need your help.” I follow him into my kitchen and saw… I asked Jeremy, “Why . . . → Read More: Snack Genius Yesterday I woke up with my left breast being swollen bigger than it’s ever been (bigger even than the week after birth and my milk came in *like whoa*). I latched on my boy and was surprised by some searing pain as he fed ravenously for the first time in 8 hours. When he let go I . . . → Read More: Breastfeeding Gurus Breastfeeding is back! A resurgence in popularity has been mounting for the past few years and I’ve boarded the train. Jeremy was formula fed. I had intended to breastfeed him when he was born 3 1/2 years ago but due to a few circumstances he was given formula in the hospital and, though we tried, we . . . → Read More: Positive Breastfeeding Relationship In my house, I am a real stickler for dishes being handled correctly. Many of my baking pans and accoutrements cannot be put into the dishwasher. Some other things can technically be washed in there but I prefer not to because handwashing will help them last longer by reducing damage and warping (i.e. my Teflon non-stick . . . → Read More: Too Many Dishes… I’m sitting in my living room. There’s a small fire crackling happily in the fireplace in front of me. My 3-year old son Jeremy is bathed and snuggled on Jason’s lap under his favorite blankie with his favorite stuffed fishy. We’re watching Ratatouille as all of us succumb to the Drowsey Monster and then we’ll slip . . . → Read More: Best night in 3 months… I have to give credit where credit is due… I did not make up this recipe on my own. It started with a recipe that my ex-husband’s step mother made one Christmas. She gave me the recipe from an decades old church cookbook. Over the past three years or so I’ve made a few changes of . . . → Read More: Potato Cheese Casserole This week has been a big one for us. One of the supporting factors in our decision to make the move from California to Alabama was for the neighborliness. When we visited Alabama in May, it was the remark we kept making to each other, “These people are SO NICE!” In our first few days after . . . → Read More: Neighborly Visits As my very first post on my brand new blog, I’d like to share my absolute favorite pie in the entire world. I love Baker’s Square’s Lemon Supreme Pie, I go wild for it. Unfortunately, the closest Baker’s Square is a few cities away from where I live now and I can’t just take a walk . . . → Read More: Jen’s Lemon Pie  |
    
 
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