Husband + OMT! + DIY = you better be wearing a hardhat, baby! While Husband and I prefer to work separately on DIY projects, each doing a specific job ~alone~, we did have that wonderfully easy project of building the smaller cedar bed together, so we figured WHAT THE HEY! and tried our luck again …
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I’ve discussed that I find it difficult to cook for two and this post serves as another reminder. On the upside, we’re flush with delicious leftovers and a bit for the freezer to eat another day. Instead of beating myself up for cooking embarrassing large meals, I’m gonna start thinking of it as time management. …
Streusel Coffee Cake is a recipe that feeds a crowd. Around these parts we call these dishes “funeral food.” You know what I mean. Funeral food is food you make to feed a crowd that doesn’t need much tending; it’s the kind of dish you put out on a buffet table and forget about. Comfort …
In the last year, as Sweet E has grown, I keep finding myself telling Husband, “I need to tell Boy/Girl _____. No one ever told me that and I wished they had.” The best advice no one ever gave me, but would have been gratefully received, was that we’d make it through whatever calamity or …
Gardening and I have always had a love-hate relationship. I love the idea of fresh produce from my own land, yet my garden hates me. It doesn’t stop me though, no sir. Every year, like a total amnesiac, I head to the nursery to find the healthiest plants and do stuff like building raised garden …
Remember this DIY garden post? Are your kids clamoring to be outside and get dirty? They are?! Well, put them to work in their very own garden. Outside + gardening + kids = the best kind of memories with some SCIENCE! thrown in. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do …
Y’all know I am comfy with rough and rugged little boys and that floofy cutesy little girls kinda scare the begeebers out of me, right? Well, what you may not know is that I love me some little girl fun-time adorableness that jumps outside the box when tackling tough issues, like whether or not Mommy …
When I was a newlywed with limited culinary experience a friend passed along this easy recipe for Spanish Rice and it has remained a family favorite. The first time I made it I was so proud of myself for producing something that tasted exactly like I wished it would taste, exactly like someone else would …
Remember the Perfect Oatmeal Cookies and the recipe I posted for them some time back? No? You missed that post?! ~faint~ (hello, email sign-up) Here’s the LINK for the recipe and a visual refresher: Mmmm, look at those oatmeal cookie badboys. So delicious. Yes, they are perfect just the way they are, but…. …I went …
By now you’ve heard the news: I bought a fancy-pants camera and I need to learn how to use it, outside of auto mode. FREAK OUT! No really. That’s what happens in my head on a regular basis these days. I can’t count how many deep breathes I’ve taken in the last few weeks. Each …