Phoebe's first writing assignment in school was to write about her summer. I thought it's high time I did the same. We went to Florida and San Francisco in July and I've been having a hard time getting about documenting it on the blog. Between the job search and the start of the … [Read more...]
Sonia’s birthday | A favorite Red Velvet cake
This past weekend we celebrated Sonia's birthday. She had a party with her friends earlier in the week, and a family dinner last Friday. I am still getting used to the idea that my 12 year old is taller than me! She wanted Italian sausage sandwiches for dinner-- her … [Read more...]
Our house mid-winter | My favorite way to decorate
We had such a nice and festive Christmas and enjoyed all the decorations and the tree that I was expecting to feel a little sad and gloomy after all that stuff was put away. I think a lot of people feel that way-- the house just seems so bare. The kids said the house feels … [Read more...]
Christmas 2017, part 3 | The Fun
This post is about what we did for fun during Christmas 2017. You can read about what we cooked and baked here, and how we decorated the house here. I am personally counting decorating and cooking/eating as fun, but I wanted to talk specifically about the "activities" that … [Read more...]
Christmas 2017, part 1 | The Decor
I know it's way past Christmas and we are in the middle of the transition to the new year but I wanted to document our Christmas of 2017. It was a very nice one and I was enjoying every minute of it and didn't feel like stopping to write a post. We were taking lots of pictures so … [Read more...]
“Canned biscuits caused our ruination!” | Homemade buttermilk biscuits.
I wanted to talk about homemade buttermilk biscuits, and share my thoughts. It's only timely that the latest issue of Real Simple has a recipe for "golden and flaky" biscuits, you'll see mine at the bottom of the page. But before we get to the recipe, some … [Read more...]