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Summer in Oregon 23 Aug 2013 | 03:11 am
These pictures are from all the way back at the beginning of July, but I’ve been too busy to sort them. We spent the week of Independence Day with my wonderful family in Oregon, and I was so glad to b...
Frozen Thai Tea 20 Aug 2013 | 10:57 am
If you’ve never had Thai tea, you should. At least try it. It’s a love it or hate it kind of thing, I think, and I never liked it. David always gets one when we eat Thai. It’s this shockingly orange t...
Summer Cobblers (Peach & Blueberry) 15 Aug 2013 | 10:04 pm
If you have more peaches and blueberries than you can eat out of hand (for me that’s a LOT of peaches and blueberries!) then I highly suggest you make one of these easy cobblers. Luckily I found mysel...
My Big Thirty . . . Five? 22 Jul 2013 | 11:52 am
So my big thirty has come and gone kind of quietly. Here I sit, thirty years old, and I feel I should go through my list – the initial reason for this blog – and take stock of what I’ve accomplished i...
William’s Fourth Month 20 Jul 2013 | 11:44 am
The biggest event in William’s fourth month was visiting lots of family, including his great grandparents, in Oregon over the Fourth of July. There were so many pictures from that, though, that I’m go...
William’s Third Month 23 Jun 2013 | 12:28 pm
This was another busy month for us, and it started out kind of hard. Just three days into William’s third month was the one year anniversary of Lucy’s death. On her birthday we had cake, but what do y...
The Second Father’s Day 17 Jun 2013 | 11:10 am
Happy Father’s Day to the amazing father of my amazing children. As I type this, he’s sitting in the corner of our dark room bouncing William, who refuses to go to sleep. I’ve found as the years go by...
Honey Bourbon Glazed Carrots 14 Jun 2013 | 09:31 am
This recipe popped into my head fully formed this afternoon, and I knew I had to make it tonight and see how it went. It was one of those creations that I knew was going to be good before I made it, a...
First Ice Cream of Summer 12 Jun 2013 | 11:33 pm
I love to make ice cream, and my favorite source of ideas is David Lebovitz’ The Perfect Scoop. Every recipe of his that I’ve made so far has turned out well, and tonight was no exception. Tonight I m...
Snickerdoodles 8 Jun 2013 | 12:37 pm
I haven’t made much progress on my list, but I did ask David what cookies he wanted me to make now that I can bake again. I was not surprised that he chose snickerdoodles. The recipe I use is from a c...
