Posted in Miscellaneous on May 26th, 2010
Sometime before 7:30: Logan, as usual, woke up long before everyone else, despite his very late descent into dreamland. I knew this foreshadowed no good for later. 9:15 a.m.: The kids and I pulled out of the yard and headed to town. 10:00 a.m.: I left a nervous Andie and carefree boys at the Boys [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Apr 12th, 2010
My tweens are already daydreaming about being able to sleep-in during their summer vacation. This, of course, led to a discussion over how late they’d be able to stay up once school is finished. “I think we should be able to stay up until at least 11:00,” Andie emphatically told me. I stared at her. [...]
Posted in Recipes on Aug 13th, 2009
I’ve just rediscovered a really yummy, easy and quick recipe that is tasting awfully good now that summer has actually hit South Dakota. It’s originally called “Roast Beef Roll-ups,” but I’ve been using ham and turkey, so we’ll call it “Lunch Meat Roll-ups.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/foodista/ / CC BY 2.0 Since the amount you’ll want to make [...]
Posted in Recipes on May 4th, 2009
In the summer we eat mostly light, cool food, which translates into lots of salad. As I was looking through my cookbook this afternoon for ideas, I came across my family’s (parents’ and sisters’) favorite salad recipe, which I, sadly, haven’t tasted in a couple years. It’s so incredibly delicious, we call it “The Salad.” [...]
Posted in Discussion of the day on Apr 13th, 2009
Now that summer vacation is looming, I’m being faced with the prospect of making three meals a day for four children, one of whom is extremely picky. It stresses me out just thinking about it. I’m not a cook at the best of times, but trying to come up with creative, easy, fast meals that [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 17th, 2008
I’m not a big fan of schedules — I’m sort of a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants type person — so I love the freedom summer vacation allows. Since I work from home, the kids and I can go with the flow a lot more easily, which is a necessity with all the fun summer activities, in my opinion. [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 7th, 2008
1. No more spending twenty minutes bundling each of the boys up, only to have them come back inside two minutes later, complaining that “it’s too cold.” 2. The amount of sock sorting goes waaaay down. (Yesssss!!) 3. The kids actually want to spend long periods of time outside. 4. I actually want to go outside. [...]
