A few days ago, I was having one of those days. The I’m-really-dragging, too-much-to-do, never-gonna-get-caught-up, REALLY need a pick-me-up kind of day. I dropped Lily Bean off at preschool (still not used to this fairly exhilarating “oh my God, I have 2.5 child-free hours to DO WHATEVER I WANT” feeling). In that time, I managed … Read more
Alright, I don’t know if the monsoon rain we had in August and September is the culprit or not, but this year (late summer/early fall especially) we have seen the WORST fruit fly, mosquito and spider (my GOD, the SPIDERS!) invasion that I can remember in recent history. The bugs have been relentless and I … Read more
Fresh and delicious – we had a ton of red potatoes to use up from our CSA, so we were able to enjoy several dinners with this potato side dish. You will need: 6 red potatoes (small to medium in size) 1 onion 1 green pepper fresh rosemary 1/4 cup olive oil How to make: … Read more
New Elf on the Shelf Master List Ideas are on Mama Cheaps! Click here to check them out We started the Elf on the Shelf tradition with our daughter in 2009 when she was 1. Our elf’s name is Oboe and he arrives at our house each year after Thanksgiving. The first year that Oboe … Read more
My friend Amy passed a banana bread recipe along to me that I had been wanting to try. Last week we found ourselves with a surplus of VERY overripe bananas. I tweaked the original recipe a little bit and whipped up some delicious muffins. We also found that these freeze very well. Makes: 24 muffins … Read more