we arrived

it was a long long trip with two young kids used to early bedtimes.  we arrived at my parents home in south carolina at around one in the morning.  but we are here.  i have proof:

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grant me

right now i seek serenity via panettone, a home made soy vanilla latte, and trader joe’s dark chocolate covered raisins.
sometimes the smallest little blips on the screen of my life make me want to cry.  i can’t get the best for babes ad to work on my site. i followed the instructions and copied the [...]

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part two

in lieu of spending my time writing a post i spent it reading the second half of the stephanie nielson story.
ack! link fixed! so sorry…

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soup with no pictures

red lentil, sweet potato soup that is.
i made this up on the fly based on what was in my fridge/pantry and it was pretty yummy so i told steph who recently shared her love of soup that i would try to post the “recipe.” i have to put that in quotes because, as i [...]

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lunchtime thoughts

for the last two days i have had the same salad for lunch. left over roasted root vegetables from our thanksgiving, on top of some baby greens, with crumbled feta cheese, and chopped up olives. can i tell you? yum.
do you have those moments when your brain is so close to realizing something [...]

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at 5:38

the kids are both standing on their seats and neither of them touched the pasta dish i made them for dinner. i am scarfing down leftovers straight from the tupperware and surveying the mess on the kitchen floor from them “helping me do dishes.” never mind the toys strewn around the toy and [...]

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whip stitch

seriously, when i made fun of victory for ordering the video about how to make the doll’s we bought kits for i was so clueless. so so clueless. now all i want is the video for how to make the dolls! maybe i should go order one. no joke. i [...]

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veggie and sausage polenta lasagna

a few years ago i got an easy polenta lasagna recipe out of a magazine.  it was something like a jar of sauce, two tubes of premade polenta, ground beef, shredded mozzarella and gorgonzola cheese.  brown the beef, add to sauce, layer rounds of the polenta with sauce and cheese.  bake and eat.
that basic recipe [...]

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monday on tuesday

i seem to always forget my commitment to giving gratitude on mondays but i really don’t want to just let it go so instead i am going to try to be fluid.  you know, monday, tuesday – whatever!
1. i am grateful for a few warm sunny afternoons this late into the new england fall.
2. i [...]

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i still eat

up at the top of this blog is says that i write about food but i’ll be the first to admit i have been doing very little writing lately and even less writing about what i am eating. maybe i lost the joy of cooking for a little while there. not the book. [...]

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