This morning, I was going about my very-not-merry way and doing laundry. Laundry is my least favorite activity. I hate, HATE folding. I hate making room in too full dressers and closets for clean clothes. I hate going through toy boxes for stashed dirty socks. I do not like it. […]

I currently have five children raising havoc in my house and gingerbread in the oven. And we’re having pumpkin soup with olive bread for lunch.
It’s wild and stormy outside. Howling winds and rollicking thunder, the kind that shakes everything. Although, it’s possible that the shaking house is just a result of said five […]

Today was filled with domesticity. I made soup and lemon meringue pie for dessert. I was so excited about the pie, and had crust left over, so I made a banana creme pie, too. Also, egg drop soup (and sushi that I did not make) for an Asian themed lunch at work […]

It’s nine. And I just sat down.
This working thing is all fine and well. But I don’t know if I can be the Mom, the Dad, the Husband and the Wife. Working full-time, and cooking and cleaning, packing lunches, baking cakes, taking the kid to the skate park and soccer […]

Charlotte - A word about Mrs. Flax and food: the word is “hors d’oeurves.” Fun Finger Foods is her main source book and it’s all the woman cooks.
I haven’t eaten, or cooked anything that wasn’t in dip form in days.
Tortilla chips in beans and rice. Triscuits, in pico do gallo and artichoke/spinach dip. […]

I’m getting ready to go to the beach for the weekend. The entire extended family is coming, too. We have rented multiple beach-front properties and are planning festivities such as poker tournaments, oyster barbecuing, sandcastle making and birthday cake eating (again. The Boy, he is spoiled). I am very much looking […]