Well it’s the last day of 2010.  I have been awake for the past hour and a half or so, just laying around enjoying the quiet while my husband and son snooze.  I sure have a lot to be thankful for this year. First, I started this blog.  I want to thank all of you [...]

So as you all know, I received a new crock pot for Christmas.  Yes,  still love it and highly recommend it to everyone.  The “programmable” concept is brilliant.  No more overcooked meals by the time Mom gets home, or if something comes up and we don’t stop it in time. My Mom joked that this [...]

My husband and I met in college.  We lived at the same dorm, called Hillenbrand Hall, at Purdue.  It was the newest dorm around, with “suites” (where 2 rooms shared a bathroom), air conditioning (crucial!), and a pretty decent cafeteria.  I loved the build-your-own sub area with freshly made rolls where I’d add their house [...]

Baking Christmas cookies, what a great tradition to do with kids!  My son loves good ol’ sugar cookies, and I also wanted to try something new.  So, this past weekend we baked together.  The sugar/butter cookie recipe comes from my husband’s side of the family.  These are Aunt Mary’s Christmas cookies and they’re amazing.  The [...]

I was allowed to work from home the other day in order to attend my son’s “Cookie Party” at school (daycare).  I was so excited!  Since there are all kinds of food allergies out there, I had to be careful what cookie I made.  Not to mention, it had to be 3-year-old-friendly. My Mom received [...]

Our annual holiday lunch at work was last week.  They ordered in from a very nice restaurant in the area, and I was raving about these little sandwiches that were on the spread there.  They were small, cold or room temperature, and a perfect little savory appetizer.  The combination of the slight sweetness of the [...]

We celebrated Christmas a few weeks early with my parents.  If we tried to cram opening gifts in with everything else on Christmas Day when we visit them, there’d never be enough time.  So, my son spends an eternity opening gifts a bit early from his Grandparents.  My parents spoiled me a bit this year with [...]

Some mornings, you wish you could just crawl back into bed.  Between freezing temperatures, low air in my tire on the way to work, a cranky (very very cranky) 3 1/2 year old, and an exploding breakfast (note to self… occasionally eggs cooked in a cute container in the microwave can spontaneously expload when you’re [...]

Baby, it’s cold outside!  Yep, it’s winter… we’ve got this wet, cold snow coming down outside today.  It’s not even the pretty kind since it started as rain.  It simply looks messy so far today.  But, I guess this scrooge should be happy because it is a sure sign of Christmas and the holiday season. [...]

Are you ever looking for a way to sneak those veggies in to your child without them noticing?  If yours loves pasta like mine does, this is a good way.   Since you add the extra garlic at the end, along with the parsley, you can omit that from the kid-size portion, and add a little [...]