Archive for » August, 2010 «

It has been a wonderful year for tomatoes.  Last summer they refused to ripen.  This was probably for the best, since JD was only a few months old and canning them was not really a feasible option.  My stash of home canned tomatoes had dwindled down to the point where I was almost panicking.  No goulash?  What if I really, really want goulash?  You can’t make goulash with (gasp) store bought canned tomatoes!

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I always laugh when I think about baby-proofing.  Mostly because of that saying “I child-proofed the house, but they keep getting back in!” but also because it is impossible.

Making your home a sanctuary in which no child will ever get hurt/ingest a chemical/swallow a Lego is not going to happen.  New mothers, take notes.  It will save your sanity!

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Tonite’s installment of, I Can’t Sleep, has been brought to you by the makers of Naturally More Peanut Butter.  Naturally More Peanut Butter:  Because, naturally, I need more peanut butter than the average binge eater.

Read more on I Can’t Sleep (Volume I, Issue 2)…

I want to preface this with some major kudos to the single parents.  I don’t know how you do it.  Seriously.

I foolishly decided that I could take all three boys camping by myself.  No husband.

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My friends had invited us to go camping with them.  They had their grandkids for the weekend of this really excellent tractor show (a phrase I never thought I would utter, I assure you) and were hoping we would tag along so they would have some built in playmates.

Read more on On the Road Again…