I don’t really go for mega-fussy recipes. I don’t like things that make an enormous mess or that take forever to make and clean up. I also don’t want every treat I make with Ella to be super-sugary or that her only cooking memories with me are of desserts. This Cinnamon Almond biscuit recipe fits the bill perfectly for me….
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It Doesn’t Take Much: Hat Edition
. . . to make me happy. Just a little handmade hat Ella got for Christmas. Thanks, Doug & Gina!
Why Women Need Fat: How “Healthy” Food Makes Us Gain Excess Weight by Lassek and Gaulin
Why Women Need Fat is a book I feel a little split on. On the one hand, there were some fascinating things about it and I read huge passages aloud to Bart. On the other hand, good heavens, I think it could have been about 100 pages shorter. why women need fat by william d. lassek and steven j.c. gaulin…
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Three Things I Wore Last Week
One of my unwritten goals this year is to spend less time getting dressed. I sometimes feel like I waste my whole morning and I still don’t like what I end up wearing. (Sunday, for some reason, is especially bad for me). I just want to get dressed, feel good about what I’m wearing and go on with my day….
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I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History’s Strangest Cures by Carlyn Beccia
This is the kind of book that wouldn’t have stayed on my shelves in an elementary school library. The combination of non-fiction and the ick factor makes I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat a winner. The book discusses eight different ailments (coughs, colds, wounds, etc). Each one is presented with three possible cures. You’re supposed to guess…
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