May 2008

of empty threats and hyperbole

I may or may not have said these things to my children (or husband) recently: “if you don’t pick up that coat I am going to throw it away.” “if you blow that whistle one more time I am going to make you eat it.” “we are only going to be in the store a [...]

Wordless Wednesday

The Good… The Bad… The Ugly (as in I keep having trauma center nightmares) ….

Whole Wheat Pizza Dough (Bread Machine)

1 1/3 cups warm water 2 cups whole wheat flour 2 cups bread flour 4 teaspoons olive oil 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon yeast Add ingredients according to manufacturer’s directions. Mix on dough cycle. Separate into grapefruit size lumps for medium size pizzas. Fist-sized lumps are good for personal pizzas. Roll out with rolling pin [...]

Brutally Honest Monday: Mother’s Day Style

Originally posted as a comment at Queen of Spain and I won a 8GB 2GB Sandisk Cruzer Gator for my troubles: Last year’s Mother’s Day is especially vivid. my darling husband decided that night he would extract my then 4 and-a-half year-old’s first tooth. At first, we took turns wiggling it. fluffy was scared to [...]

check this out

Fluffy has her own blog now! my little shutter bug has gone wired. I am beaming with pride. she picked out the theme and everything. She can’t wait to post more. Fluffy’s Photoblog I won’t let her post any full shots of herself, her sister or her friends. I am paranoid like that. But I [...]

Two’s a charm

Our friends Her Bad Mother, Mrs. Chicky, and Mrs. Chicken are expanding their families from child to children and we’re here to honour that transition from pseudo-sanity to total and utter madness with a virtual baby shower. Lordy, lordy did I ever get bombarded by unsolicited advice when I was pregnant with the Bear. I [...]

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