A Recipe Meme

NOTE: This is my 100th post! Woohoo.
MaryP at It’s Not All Mary Poppins is hosting this terrific recipe swap meme.
The idea is to post one or two healthy, kid friendly recipes (ones including leftovers are encouraged) that you found were winners with the kids in your life.
Here is mine…
Pasta and Trees with Cheese
Ingredients:
Leftover pasta [...]

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Buzz, Whirr, Vroom

It never fails
As late morning hails
Or any odd hour that I decide
To settle in to try and write
It must be fate
It must be luck
I have no choice
Right here I’m stuck
Listening to the buzz, whirr, vroom
Kindly old man to be sure
Recently retired, his boredom cured
By the constant buzz, whirr, vroom
I suppose he must be building something
Perhaps [...]

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Then Out Came The Toilet

And the incredibly hideous tile floor.

Now for all that’s said about the down side of DIY projects, especially undertaking them as a couple, so far it’s actually going quite well.

No arguements, no backseat “are you sure you’re doing that right”s and no getting in each other’s way.
Are we really that mature? Frankly no.
Are we [...]

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An Open Letter to New Mommies

If you’re the kind of New Mommy who gets all giddy with glee when a stranger smiles and coos at your child, then you can disregard the following.
Also, those New Mommies who look gratefully and approvingly at a stranger who offers to hold one child while she maneuvers another and her groceries, can consider themselves [...]

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And Down Came the Hammer

Right into the bathroom cabinet and onto the tile backsplash.
If you’ll excuse the shameless self-promotion between the two of us (or just plain laziness on my part), click to Hubby’s post for the before pictures.
But here’s some pics of the aftermath.

And the neighbours sighed.
In relief of course, for surely property values will go up now [...]

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They Really Are Free…

…the best things in life, that is.

Free wilderness, free fresh air and a free path to walk.

Free exercise, free togetherness and free learning.
And best of all…

FREE BERRIES!!!!

Does life get any better than this?!
And just so no one thinks we were harvesting or hoarding the berries, we took only a handful each and left the rest [...]

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Phew, I Made It!

I finally found the end of all that fabric and after scouring every closet and corner of the house, I can safely say there is no more to be had…and sorted and folded and organized…what a relief!
Despite my earlier assertion that this whole process had put me off sewing for a good week, I found [...]

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Sweet Distraction

Man, am I sick of sorting, folding and organzing all that fabric. It has put me off sewing for at least a week. Not to mention that it’ll take that long just to sweep up all the loose threads all over my dining room floor.
And no, I’m still not done. I have [...]

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Too Much of a Good Thing

Ever since Hubby and I cleaned out the basement in the Spring, I’ve been sort of thinking that I should really get around to organizing my sewing stuff (particularly my patterns and fabric).
A couple of weeks ago I tackled the patterns and in a few hours was able to organize them all into one neat [...]

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A Meme for Me

MaryP posted this one word meme that I thought looked like fun. Like her, I won’t tag anyone but feel free to do it if you like. If you do, post a comment or ping back so I can read your answers.
1. Where is your cell phone? Nonexistent (Seriously, I don’t own [...]

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