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Month 17 and 18
Holy Cow – I missed a month! That’s ok, you were equally troublesome in both months. I’m just going to go ahead and label this time period “The Dark Era.” I remember at your last doctor’s appointment the doctor asking me how everything was going and I smiled and said things couldn’t be better –…
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Buttermilk Creams with Strawberries
The amazing weather this week inspired me to make a light dessert with lots and lots of strawberries. The end result was this scrumptious buttermilk cream with strawberries. The recipe says to remove the cream from the ramekin and it will create a lovely little mold but mine wasn’t so successful so we just enjoyed…
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Donna Hay
I recently became aware of Donna Hay – if you don’t know who she is – think of her as the Martha Stewart of Australia. She has a food publication that is available here in the states which can be considered very swoon-worthy. Her name was given to me in my photography class as a…
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Unhappy Hipsters
I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with Dwell magazine but for those not in the know, Dwell is a magazine devoted to modern living. They will typically feature a few houses and typically take a photograph or two of the owners living amongst their modern chateau. I never really realized it but…
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20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants
Cracked has a great article posting the worst 20 baby products ever invented. You can see the entire list here but these are a few of my favs: **MANUAL SNOT SUCKER Just the idea made me puke in my mouth a little bit. **PO-KNEE You just know every creepy uncle and local pervert thanked the…
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Month 16
I’m not quite sure who coined the term “Terrible Two’s” but I really think it should be “Terrible Sixteen Months.” To say this month has been tough would be an understatement. You’ve reached a point when you know what you want but you don’t have the vocabulary yet so you go around pointing and screaming/crying.…
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Taking Action on Resolution
The resolution has begun as I have purchased one of the classics I will be reading this year. I have selected the classic, “Wuthering Heights” which Tim immediately asked, “Isn’t that a boring story” and I replied, “aren’t all classics boring?” My reasoning for selecting this particular story is two-fold; one, it’s the story Phoebe…