Kids Route Map
As part of my kids road trip prep, I made a route map they can color in as we go. What I envision is that I’ll mark the map at each stop we make and they can color up to that point – that…
License Plate Hunt
We are going on a road trip this summer, and while I am so excited for it I also know it will be a lot of driving for the kids, which means I need to stock up on distractions to make the trip more…
A Baby Bunny House
Today was a collaboration between me and my baby girl. She was the architect and I was the engineer on a baby bunny house, and we both did the decorating. What a fun hour we spent while little brother napped.
Espresso Sundae
At the end of one long week, just getting ready to start the next one, with the kids in bed, its time for a treat. There was a coffeehouse I used to go to a million years ago when I was eighteen – we…
Beach Pebble Drink Coasters
The other day I was sitting on my bed reading with a cold drink when I realized I needed coasters for the bedroom nightstands. I still had a whole bucket of flat beach stones left over from the mirror I made so I decided…
Front Porch Ashtray
My mother-in-law is coming to visit us from South America for an extended stay, and she’s a smoker. She’s always been very accommodating about smoking outside of our house and she generally goes out onto our covered front porch to smoke. In years past…
Pasta with Mushroom Garbanzo ‘Ragout’
Pasta with Mushroom Garbanzo ‘Ragout’. . . otherwise known as ‘clean out the pantry’ night. (notice the three distinct pasta shapes in the photo)! I sauteed some chopped onion in olive oil in a cast iron skillet. After the onion began to wilt I…
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