Taking life one cup at a time…
For many parents, ultrasound or delivery room news involves a definitive “Congratulations, it’s a girl!” or “You have a boy!” However, for some parents, even after birth, a child’s sex is harder to determine as the baby has characteristics from both sexes. Here is the definition of “intersex” for those unfamiliar with the term, courtesy of …
Big cooking days (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter) create HUGE messes in our household. You spend the entire day cooking – and trying to clean as you go – but naturally, you’ll wind up with something that looks like a bomb the kitchen. Sometimes, you get so busy feasting, that when you look back on your kitchen, …
It can be difficult to know what items you can and can’t recycle. Can you or can’t you recycle glossy paper? Are tin cans able to go into the recycling bin? Which plastics are recyclable? What should you never throw in the trash? TerraCycle has listed some basics in the article: Recycling Basics From TerraCycle: Items You Can and Can’t …
Tragic news has come out of the state of Washington over the past several weeks. A landslide has taken several lives, and the search continues for individuals who have been reported missing since the landslide. It’s heartbreaking. It’s hard, I’m sure, for the survivors to worry about missing family members, and for parents to learn …
The third wine sent to me from Wine Chateau for sampling was The Great American Wine Company 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon by Rosenblum Cellars. For this wine, I created a menu consisting of soup, salad, main course, cheese course, and dessert. It was a lot of fun to consider what menu items I would pair with …
Doctors Without Borders is one of the older health agencies working to assist individuals around the world. This organization was founded in 1971, and according to their website, all members: Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective …
A few weeks ago, I was sitting around, thinking about how best to lose the pregnancy weight, and the pre-pregnancy weight that was hanging out after my bout with tendonitis. I cannot remember what it was that made me say, “Hey, this would be cool; I’m going to do a triathlon this year.” It was …
Last night, I was checking out some of my favorite blog RSS feeds, and I came across a post over at A Beautiful Mess taking up the 100 Happy Days challenge. The idea is that for 100 days, you take a picture of something that made you happy, post it on social media, and tag it with the …
Who doesn’t love Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride? The movie is one of my absolute favorites, and his character is great. “Hello, My Name is Inigo Montoya, prepare to die.” Great quote – as is “Ever hear of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons.” And yes, part of the reason I love that second quote so …
I bought a cute outfit for Baby Girl, and I wanted a headband that would match. I figured I would go ahead and make her a headband myself, using felt and a ready-made stretch headband. I had Wining Husband take me to Michaels so that I could pick up my supplies. I used the following …
