Even though I had some epic failures, I still managed to make something inspired by my Pinterest boards at least once each month during 2013. Most of the time I cooked something – not surprising since I tend to pin recipes from my Cooking Light magazine to test. However, I did try some cleaning-related tips […]
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Holiday-Related Pinterest Fails
A couple of Pinterest things that I wanted to do over the holiday season were epic fails. First, I wanted to make a gingerbread house. Specifically, I wanted to make this one: Source So I made a batch of gingerbread, cut out an Eiffel Tower shape and baked according to instructions. Then I made […]
Clean That Drain – Naturally
I decided the other day to clean our long-suffering garbage disposal drain. That may or may not have been a decision made after becoming a bit stir-crazy during our ice-in. Or perhaps it was the sink’s slow draining while we had the taps running to prevent pipe freeze. Anyway. Several months ago I found a […]
Icenado Revenge Marathon: The 13th Run of 2013
Our unseasonable ice storm in Dallas last weekend did more than knock out our power (we were one of 500,000 in the metro area!). The ice storm also cancelled the Dallas Marathon. Runners are a crazy breed – cold, rain, heat, early mornings are all in a day’s work (run?). We’d actually looked forward to the […]
Learning About Boundaries
With relatively limited options during our extended power outage, we took advantage of the quiet and finished reading Boundaries. I highly recommend this book. We all struggle with knowing when and how to say no, as well as when and how to say yes. As it turns out, this book talks a great deal about […]
Changing My Colors
Operation Paint the Front Door is complete. Here’s where we started: And here’s where we finished: It wasn’t a hard project, just a little time intensive and more coats of paint than I’d expected. Step One: Clean the door. Step Two: Knock down build up with sandpaper. Step Three: Wipe door with liquid deglosser […]
Fast Chicken and Dumplings
We’re preparing for our last marathon of the year (our last race of the year, in fact) and are 100% focused on eating healthy this week. And there’s that whole matter of continuing to purge Thanksgiving excess. Anyway, clean eating can cause problems when all you really want for dinner is chicken and dumplings. Cooking […]
Finish the Sentence (Holiday Edition)
Thanksgiving is… …beautiful, crowded chaos. …food. Too much food. I bruleed the top of the pumpkin pie…great idea, Martha (Stewart)! …turkey coma movie-watching. …at least one family health issue. {We’re praying for a speedy recovery, Grandma!}
We Love You…
I posted the recipe for The Boy’s ultimate chocolate chip cookies the other week. When The Niece posted “I miss those!” on my Facebook wall next to the cookie’s photo, I knew a certain college student was in dire need of a late semester care package. So we made a batch of the Uncle’s chocolate […]
Simple Yum
Do you know what’s delicious? Lasagne. It is delicious. But it also takes forever to make – and bake. But easier than lasagne is ravioli – particularly if you buy it already made (we’re partial to the spinach and ricotta ravioli by Kroger’s house brand, Private Selection). And ravioli is an awful lot like lasagne […]