Marching Back to School!
It’s Sunday night, the last day of February. I’m reclined in the recliner, watching Searching for Italy with Stanley Tucci. My feet hurt. The kitchen is full of dirty dishes, […]
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I Love Cheap Thrills
Baby, I don’t need dollar bills to have fun… on vacation. Vacation wins: I booked directly with the hotel chain and joined their rewards club (for free) and got a […]
Double Life
I thought I would write a little a bit about the farm since I haven’t said much about it and my time there is rapidly coming to a close. I’ve […]
Slow Burn
Here we are at the end of September October beginning of November. I don’t remember what all happened at the end of the summer except it rained a lot and […]
Not a Shore Thing
Last Friday: Back home from vacation, a day early. My husband and the boys actually ended their vacation yesterday, and Gemma and I followed today. Work issues compelled my husband […]
Return to Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
So apparently it’s been 10 years since Animal, Vegetable, Miracle was published, and there is a new edition of the book out with some new chapters! I’ll have to try […]
Radical New Year
What’s up, 2017? I’m ready for ya. I’m coming at ya. Wheels are spinning and smoke is coming out of my ears. I even put purple streaks in my hair. […]
Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming (Almost)
First I want to report something truly amazing: I didn’t go grocery shopping the week of the election. It was so awesome! We just, you know, made do with what […]
Every Night Is a Saturday Night
This week is odd. The boys are at a camp at their school from 8 to 3 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So we get up early, I make lunches, etc. […]
Birthday on the Cheap
Patting myself on the back after throwing a fairly frugal sixth birthday party for Sebastian on Saturday. Of course, summer birthdays are pretty easy to do on the cheap. Kids […]
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