This has been a week of doctors appointments. On Tuesday, Ani had her four-month well check. All day, about every two minutes, Ella would ask if SHE was getting a shot too. On the car ride over, Ella asked if Ani would get a sucker after her shots. When I told her that, no, Ani would not, Ella asked if…
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Bedside Reading Snapshot
The books currently taking up residence on my bedside table all of which have been very enjoyable books: a list of enjoyable books The Raven Boys by Maggie Stievater – I’ve put off this book for ages because it sounded too fantasy to me, but actually it’s not overly so. Also Elizabeth highly recommended it, so I gave it a…
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Stacked BBQ Chicken and Kale Enchiladas
One of my roommates in college is a Texan, and she was horrified when she discovered that I made enchiladas with flour tortillas. Apparently this is unbelievably unauthentic. I’m sorry, but I just do not like corn tortillas. I prefer deliciously unauthentic flour tortillas. Unless someone in our family is struck down with a gluten intolerance, we will continue to…
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11 Reasons to Join a CSA
It’s been about two years since my neighbor and I started subscribing to a CSA box (if you’re not familiar with CSAs, it stands for Community Supported Agriculture, where a farm offers weekly shares of vegetables – you get very fresh and local produce and they get a steady income to support their farm). Over the last couple of years,…
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Ani: Four Months
If there are four things to know about Ani at four months: She is a drool machine. (I’m not complaining because she rarely spits up). She loves to suck on anything she can find. If she gets her arms out of her swaddle in bed, I can hear her over the sound machine, loudly slurping away at her fists. And…
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