. . . to make me happy. Just this kissy little face. ***************************** It doesn’t take much to make Jenny happy: “Finding a Route 66 in Massachusetts while rambling through the Berkshires over the weekend did the trick.” ***************************** It doesn’t take much to make Laura happy: “Just my baby boy’s chubby hands playing in the grass for the first…
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2012 First Quarter Reading
I believe the first quarter of the year is most notably audiobook season for me, while Bart is doing busy season and I just listen to books like crazy in the evening while I cook whatever random things I feel like cooking to eat by myself. So if you are looking for a book to read, check out what I…
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Wheat Muffins that Don’t Double as Doorstops
One of our most well-used wedding gifts has been this muffin cookbook from Williams-Sonoma. I’ve made most of the recipes in it and every one of them has been phenomenal. The only thing I don’t like about this cookbook is that many of the recipes make a random number of muffins. WHO WANTS TO MAKE FOURTEEN MUFFINS? Or, for that…
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March Favorites
A panini party thrown by my friend Kasee. She’s a great cook and she goes ALL out for her parties. There was a huge table of panini ingredients, Italian sodas, a couple of appetizers, salads, chips, and several desserts. I think she should have one every weekend. Putting away the winter clothes and getting out the summer stuff (Ella’s…
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10 Books Ella Currently Loves: Spring Edition
Ella is now 20 months old (my baby! the time! etc) and she loves books. If you dropped by our house unexpectedly, you would almost certainly find giant stacks of her books on the couch, near the rocker in her room, next to my bed, and outside her bedroom door. These are ten books that are currently in heavy rotation….
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