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Recipe Swap: Snacks - The Unhealthy 2008-03-05 22:00:37 To be honest, I was a bit torn as to which recipe pile from which I should choose for this category.
Because most of what I snack unhealthily on is not technically a snack. It is a dessert that I munch on throughout the day.
But since a “dessert” is unhealthy and “something you munch on [...]
Now, I Know You Don’t Want To Miss This 2008-03-05 20:37:37 Recipe Swap: Snacks - The UNHEALTHY is tomorrow. I’ll be posting my oh-so-sinful recipe at midnight with Mr. Linky for all those who want to play along.
And honestly, I’m not sure whether I’m hoping for a good turnout tomorrow or not.
I mean, I gain enough on my unhealthy snacks alone. What on earth made me [...]
The Moths, They Like Our Food. 2008-03-04 22:57:11 They pretty much leave our clothes alone.
When I saw my first moth in the kitchen cupboard a few months ago, I really didn’t think much of it. “It’ll die, and that’ll be the last of it,” I told myself.
But no. The moths, they got romantical with each other. And then we had [...] Read more:Moths
Meet-and-Greet Monday 2008-03-03 07:00:37 Meet the Not-So-Natural Mommy. Lots of hairspray, mascara, powder, blush, eye shadow, lipstick… All courtesy of a MOPS make-over. I felt pretty.
We can’t pass up a good sunglasses display. Ever.
Olivia won’t let us.
Some one likes his German Chocolate Cake.
I just can’t say “no” to a face this cute. It [...] Read more:Monday
That’s It. No More Diapers. 2008-03-02 22:05:14 Remember back I thought potty training would be quick and easy?
*Ahem*
I think I may have made a mistake. I think I maybe should have taken the diapers away. Totally. Completely. And just dealt with the messes. And just brought extra pants with me everywhere I went
But I didn’t. We used diapers for naptimes and [...]
The Truth About Butter 2008-02-28 23:27:52 I like butter. I don’t like margarine (it’s just not natural). Butter
is expensive. Butter does not spread. Spreadable butter is even more expensive.
But I thought the only options were A) use margarine or B) spend lots of money on the spreadable butter.
I started researching all the different things I could do to get cheaper, [...] Read more:Truth
Recipe Swap: Snacks - The Healthy 2008-02-27 22:00:00 Our (read: “my” because I’m the snacker of the family) favorite healthy snacks of late are the Whole Wheat Cinnamon Graham Squares from Tammy’s Recipes.
Sweetened with honey and brown sugar and packed with whole wheat flour, these squares are healthy AND filling (unlike those frosted sugar cookies).You’ll need:
6 c. whole wheat flour
1 1/2 c. rolled [...]
Recipe Swap TOMORROW 2008-02-27 15:08:17 Allllllrighty peoples, the Recipe Swap kicks off TOMORROW with Snacks: The Healthy. Are YOU ready? I am. The post is written, saved, and set to publish at midnight. I am so on top of things.
Now to go do dishes.
“I Forgot The Salsa…” 2008-02-26 22:56:18 …I said to myself in disbelief as I was about to start dinner tonight.
So I guess that means it really should have been a $33 or $34 dollar week. I apologize profusely for misleading you.
I contemplated making something else. I contemplated asking Josh to run to the store when he got home.
And then I contemplated [...]
Meet My VIDEO (Brought To You By DSL) 2008-02-25 23:27:42 So all I needed to do, apparently, to fix that “broken” card-reader, was reboot the computer. When will I learn that solves most of life’s problems?So here’s my Meet-and-Greet:
I LOVE my guys. Perfect. Just perfect.
Here they are outside, in the cold, at 10:30pm. Crazies.
Oh, wait, we were there, too. (Doesn’t [...]
Recipe Swap: Dinners - El Cheapo 2008-03-12 23:00:12 Sometimes my husband requires expensive dinners. His favorites include steak on the grill, pork tenderloin, and any-and-all roasts.
However, that much meat requires an equal and opposite El Cheapo Dinner.
Probably the most popular El Cheapo Dinner around here is quesadillas.
Ingredients:
Corn tortillas
Mozzarella or cheddar cheese or really, any kind of cheese you’re fond of
(Except cottage. [...]
Guess What We’re Doing RIGHT NOW. 2008-03-12 10:39:26 At 11:39 a.m., we will be getting on a TRAIN.
For our very first TRAIN RIDE.
*Grins*
It’s Josh’s spring break, and we planned long ago to go visit his family in Missouri. But we HATE driving.
We hate the 7 hour trip it is without two young ones in the backseat.
We hate that 12 hour trip it [...] Read more:Guess
Because Potty Training Is All I Think About Some Days 2008-03-11 19:00:31 We went to MOPS this morning.
(It was the special Easter Tea. I gave my testimony.)
Olivia wore underwear. Just like she did when she went to church on Sunday. There was no incident on Sunday. I thought we were making progress.
That’s what I get for thinking.
When I went to pick her up, I asked if she [...] Read more:Training
The Daylight Savings Time Strikes Again 2008-03-10 22:13:44 The craziness started last night. Benjamin refused to go to bed before midnight. He wasn’t fussy, just antsy. And adorable. He was rolling around on the carpet chewing on carrot sticks while Josh and I watched The Twilight Zone. But it ended well; he slept like an angel all night.
The insanity continued when Olivia slept [...] Read more:Daylight
, Savings
, Strikes
, Again
Meet-and-Greet Monday 2008-03-10 21:41:51 This is just one example of how Olivia engages Benjamin every day. She truly is the best big sister. Makes me want half a dozen more.
And this is just one example of how cultured were are here at Chez Natural.
Olivia tries so hard to be as cool as her little brother.
He’s [...] Read more:Monday
Vaccination Lessons: The Pc Vaccine. And Breastfeeding. Because I Like To Combine. 2008-03-09 20:00:14 The Pc vaccine protects a child against pneumococcal (Pc) disease, which ranges from mild cold symptoms and ear infections to severe pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and meningitis. The Pc vaccine is recommended by the AAP at 2, 4, 6, and 15 months. The vaccine came out in 2001.
Pc is common - in the cold [...] Read more:Vaccination
, Lessons
Grandma, If You’re Out There, WE NEED YOU. 2008-03-17 13:36:56 So we just spent the past half-week at Grandma
and Grandpa’s.
(Or, as they are more commonly known around here, Gammy and Pop Pop.)
And we are going through Grandma-withdrawal.
Oh, my aching head, we surely are.
The Benjamin won’t be put down; his simple request in to nurse all. day. long.
The Olivia wants constant interaction; her simple request [...]
He Thwarts the Purposes of the Peoples 2008-03-15 23:26:33 Psalm 33
Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
Praise the Lord with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
For the word of the Lord is right and true;
The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full [...] Read more:Peoples
A Tea Cup, A Sock, And … And … There Was One More… 2008-03-19 14:34:33 And, because potty training is FUNNY, here are a few stories from the past few days.
… … … … … … … …
Over Josh’s spring break, we went to visit his family in Missouri. They have new carpet. Olivia is potty training. We were understandably worried and on edge.
We’re all in the living room. And [...]
CVSing With Children 2008-03-18 22:42:44 I would say “Shopping With Children
,” but “CVSing With Children” is just an entirely different level of shopping.
When shopping, the cart doesn’t really stop moving. You grab the items on your list, trying to set a world record for Shortest Grocery Trip Ever.
When CVSing, you meander up and down the aisles, calculator in one [...]
Meet-and-Greet Monday 2008-03-18 00:38:50 I tried so hard to have my pictures up on Monday
.
It didn’t help that a lot of them were on Josh’s computer, which he took to work.
So I finally got those pictures online, but forgot about the ones on the camera.
It was a crazy day.
Well, I’m posting the official M&G post. I’ll try [...]
We Have A Nemesis 2008-03-21 10:16:27 Bad squirrel. Bad.
In all fairness, though, Olivia did leave her babydoll outside.
For many hours.
With bread stuffed in her mouth.
I Don’t Want To Write It 2008-03-20 12:32:20 It’s coming dangerously close to that time of year when I have to spew out maternal-hormone-soaked drivel about my babies getting older.
I don’t want to do it.
Because I don’t want to believe it. Read more:Write
Recipe Swap: Dinners - Family Favorites 2008-03-19 23:12:06 Oh. My. Goodness. This was hard. I asked my husband for a week straight what his favorite meal was.
He had no answer.
Or if he did have an answer, it changed daily. Or hourly. And sometimes even minutely.
*Glee* He likes everything I make.
His favorite answer tonight, though, was Cheesy Chicken Tortellini Bake.
And [...] Read more:Family
Meet-and-Greet Monday: Easter Edition! 2008-03-24 22:59:13 Sometimes I feel my Meet-and-Greet Monday
posts fly under the radar. Maybe no one really cares to see pictures of the most beautiful children ever. And then my brother-in-law yells at me. And I feel loved.
Step Two in Dying Easter
Eggs (after hard-boiling them, of course):
Color liberally with crayon.
(No, you didn’t skip [...] Read more:Edition
Our Very First Just-Our-Family Holiday 2008-03-24 21:22:48 It caught me completely off-guard, by surpise, I did not see it coming.
I just assumed my mom would come. And she would make it a magical Easter. Just like all those magical Easters of my youth. Where the eggs hid themselves. The baskets filled themselves with candy and green plastic grass. The ham hopped into [...] Read more:First
, Family
, Holiday
If You Would Be So Kind As To Enter This Giveaway… 2008-03-24 11:58:56 Phil & Ted’s Sport Buggy with Double Kit
Retail Value: $429.95!
(I would never pay that much for a stroller.)
(Which makes it SUCH A GOOD GIVEAWAY.)
Here’s a snippet:
The sport has a sleeker feel thanks to new tailoring and great new additions such as a ratcheting handlebar to accommodate parents of different heights, a redesigned [...]
“Natural” Facial Remedies … Debunked? 2008-03-28 08:03:27 On the heels of my last post (I debated the singular form of ‘heel’, but decided ultimately that my last post had two heels, as I do), comes an article claiming natural food masks to be “useless, unproven or harmful.”
Since I received some comments suggesting a couple of the “debunked” food remedies (honey, olive oil), [...] Read more:Natural
, Remedies
Have You Heard Pandora? 2008-03-28 01:40:27 It’s my motivation during the day.
Because sometimes I need some motivational music to get me off my duff and get stuff done.
Pandora
.com is, and I hesitate to say this, because it’s quite the understatement, an online radio, of sorts. Since 2000, it’s been hard at work on what it calls the “Music Genome Project,” [...] Read more:Heard
Recipe Swap: Dinners - Fancy Schmancy 2008-03-26 23:22:26 Here’s a meal I’ve made… twice? Maybe three times. It’s, in my opinion, a culinary masterpiece. (It involves making your own sauce.)
(Which I’m sure many of you do on a daily basis.)
(So maybe this meal won’t be all Fancy
-Schmancy for you.)
But, due to the time involved, and the fact that everything is [...]
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