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Friday, July 11, 2008

Dux Parade

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The girls and I went to pick my husband up from work on Wednesday, and as we pulled into the parking lot of the car dealership where he work...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

PRODUCT REVIEW: University Medical Acne Free Skin Care Treatment

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Having two teenagers who react to one tiny pimple in a manner that suggests that their faces have erupted into one big, running sore, we kno...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Whisk Wednesday Assignment #13 - Billy Bi aux Paillettes (Mussel Soup with Cheese Straws)

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This week's lesson was by far the hardest and our results were mixed, but not because the recipes were bad. The recipes were just fine a...
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RECIPE: Chicken Stock in the Slow-Cooker

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I was recently reading a really great book titled Not Your Mother's Slow-Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger and I was intrigued by her...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

RECIPE: Seafood Enchiladas à la Chi-Chi's

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Oh, late lamented Chi-Chi's, bastion of Amerexican chain restaurant dining! I really miss eating there. I know, I know....many people tu...
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Monday, July 7, 2008

When does it stop?

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I was reading a funny article at MSN.com titled 10 Things No One Tells You About Parenthood by Craig Playstead earlier today and was amused...
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Sunday, July 6, 2008

How quickly they learn

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On Thursday, my husband and I drove Meelyn and Aisling and my friend Margaret's kids (Kate, Lora and Alex) down to an evening of volleyb...
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Big thanks to Katie

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Katie very kindly said she would lend me her ninth grade Apologia Exploring Creation with Biology text and other student materials. Her thre...
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Milestones

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Today is Aisling's first day of playing for Mass -- she's going to play the recessional hymn, which is "Joyful, Joyful, We Ador...
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Thursday, July 3, 2008

RECIPE: Tilapia Filets in Garlic-Lemon Butter Sauce

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I made tilapia filets for dinner the other night and we were all really pleased with how delicious they were. Living in Indiana, we're r...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Doesn't it just figure?

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Anyone reading remember Operation Tidykleen, the household de-clutterification "system" I started back in early May to make sure e...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Whisk Wednesday Assignment #12, Part 3 -- Mayonnaise and Salade Messidor

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This week's assignment turned out to be very tricksy and somewhat inscrutable. Like, there is supposed to be something inside an artic...
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I'm a happy Catholic; a wife; a homeschooling mother of one teenage daughter and one college-aged daughter; a writer; enthusiastic crafter of countdown paper chains; a Buffy fan, a reader; a Shakespeare teacher; a literature teacher; a composition teacher; a former soap-maker; a minivan driver; an inward grump; an outward sweetie-pie; a history geek; a dog lover; a rehabilitated and repentant former thief of bandwidth; a killer of plants; a soft-hearted taker-in of strays; a reformed housekeeper; an insomniac
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