With only a few short weeks left before I run that “race thing” … I’ve decided I need to start super hydrating myself. And since it’s really hard for me to drink lots of water on a normal basis, I’ve turned to drinking the one kind of water that is really really [...]
If you’re a citrus lover like me, then you know how much there is to love about winter and meyer lemon season! So when I was deciding between recipe options for our chicken this week, I instantly gravitated towards this one because of the inclusion of such a wonderful in-season fruit!
Roast [...]
This Christmas, I wanted to decorate our living room windows with something out of the pages of a Pottery Barn holiday catalog. But the cost of draping 6 windows in pine needle swag just wasn’t that appealing… and when I attempted to make a pom-pom garland two years ago, it came up looking tiny and [...]
As we say goodbye to the Christmas season today, I also know that means that this weekend will be filled with lots of unhooking and storing away the fun memories of this holiday.
This year was the first year we got a real tree for our house! We finally got to use all of those [...]
After the naps were complete, we all headed over to Mother & Father M’s house for their first Christmas dinner in their west coast house! We had pretty much gone on a hunger strike since brunch, knowing that we were about to indulge in lots and lots of food and drink!
Miss L dressed up [...]
Christmas morning started out with running down the stairs, the opening of stockings and the general complete awe that erupts from an almost-2 year old who had no idea that there was a day devoted to getting all sorts of random presents at one time.
So after Miss L had exhausted her stocking and [...]
When the fancy chefs talk about profiteroles, they’re really just trying to act fancy and call what we know as ‘cream puffs’ by their formal name. But whatever you call them, they’re amazingly yummy and surprisingly easy to make. I had no idea if I was going to be an absolute fool for trying to [...]
For 2012, I wanted to head my blog more towards minimal design after loving the simplicity and white space I found in making the weverb11.com website. So, after lots of fiddling with lots of different WordPress.org templates, this is what we’ve got…
The main page is free of ads and a sidebar [...]
This year we hosted both sets of parents at our house for dinner in honor of Christmas Eve. And while no presents were opened, we tried our best to fill the house with good food and lots of family love.
I made menu placecards for each table setting using some unused photocards [...]
From our family to yours… the happiest of holiday wishes this season!
[if you’re curious about Card # 1 in the series… click here]
I didn’t grow up cutting down a real live tree for Christmas. We got ours at the Christmas tree lot and spent a few cold hours twirling trees to make sure we picked the perfect noble fir with no bad side. But Mr. M grew up in Pennsylvania, which just sort of lends itself to [...]
In my classroom teaching experience, we called these signs or warnings a “positive dissuader” … I just call this sign genius.
[as seen at Boeger Winery on our recent Christmas tree cutting trip to Apple Hill]
