Gotta love carbs.

After answering a recent Four Foods on Friday in which I admitted I had never even taken my waffle maker out of the box, I finally braved it a couple nights ago. Actually, I had had enough of Lauren ridiculing me for being intimidated by a small kitchen appliance ( Read more... )

On Friday night, Chris's mom, Lauren, Becca and I got into our time machine (a Kia minivan) and headed back to 1964. Once we arrived, we saw the Beatles perform their early hits, plus a few later ones. It was incredible.

If only we got to see the real Beatles! But this was the next-best thing. We got to see 1964: The Tribute at the Weinberg ( Read more... )

Getting this week's list in just under the wire.

#1. What’s the oddest thing you’ve ever made with bread?

When I was a kid, I used to make ketchup sandwiches. On Wonder Bread, of course.

#2. What’s the oddest thing you’ve ever done with mac and cheese or pasta?When I was pregnant with Becca, I was anxious to go into labor once I got around my ( Read more... )

The kids were off today, but it wasn't because of the snow. Although I wonder if school would even have been called off because it wasn't sunny. But that's just snarky.

I wanted to go to Costco today and get that errand done, but I'm glad I decided to stay put. There wasn't a lot of snow, but it did cause a forty-vehicle pile-up not far from ( Read more... )

Becca and the rest of the fifth graders had a mock election for a social studies unit. They all had to run for office, which included making posters and speeches. Becca ran for "delegate," and actually ended up winning one of six delegate positions. One of her campaign promises was a cupcake for every fifth-grader (promised with my OK). So I ( Read more... )

Woo hoo, it's Friday! And the girls have a five-day weekend. SWEET. School was closed yesterday for some non-existent snow. At first it started out as a two-hour delay, which was understandable. Our county is big, and the Northern areas (close to the Pennsylvania border) have worse weather. There was some snow making the roads slick up that ( Read more... )

Just ask Chris! I made quiche for dinner last Saturday night, and it was pretty good for a first time. Chris was pleased with it. I didn't make the recipe I linked to in my last post. There were just too many variations and I wasn't sure which ones to follow. So I found just a basic recipe (can't remember where now), and tried that. Here is ( Read more... )

It's been a couple weeks since I participated in FFOF. I'm going to do this quickly because I'm exhausted and need to get to sleep soon.

#1. Waffles. Do you usually eat frozen or homemade?

I buy frozen, but I really should make them since I do own a wafflemaker. I've never even taken it out of the box! It intimidates me for some reason.

#2. ( Read more... )

Well, the kids did go in two hours late today, and here is why:


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It's been quite a while since I posted a dinner recipe with pictures! Now that the holidays are over, it's back to regular meal planning and cooking. Today it was rainy (surprise, surprise), but because there was a chance it might possibly somehow turn to sleet/freezing rain sometime late in the day or maybe tonight, the kids were dismissed from ( Read more... )