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Sealing Tragedy Out
There was something about the way he stood at that window that I found odd. Ignoring tragedy is one way to deal with it, I suppose. But was this really the right time to winterize the windows? Nails were stuck between his teeth, his face grimacing as he struggled to get his shoulder underneath the window frame to hold it up while he fixed the splintered wood. These older homes never run short on projects. In the kitchen, the table was covered with a bright, cheery, stripped fabric, with a dainty trim of tiny candy green apples. While he was busy sweating, she was making new curtains for the girls’…
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There’s Nothing Like a Trot
First thing in the morning, to melt those extra holiday pounds. As always, there was a huge crowd of participants. Here are a few of my Thanksgiving Guests. May I just add here, that not all of us were smiling like this 50 minutes later, after our five mile run. And lots of winners donated their pies to the soup kitchens, And this year, I had some company. There were times, I will admit, when I leaned on the stroller to help pull me up that last hill at the end. They really need to do something about that awful hill at the end of the course. The boys keep…
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Keeping Your Christmas Tree Fresh
I’ll be the first to admit that I love to make concoctions. However, they truly aren’t needed for the care and feeding of your Christmas Tree. The secret to keeping your Christmas Tree fresh is not in the Karo Syrup, the vinegar, or the aspirin. All your Christmas Tree needs is water. However, there’s a catch — if your tree doesn’t get enough water, (like if you forget to water your tree) the tree base will quickly form a resin seal that makes it impossible for it to absorb more water. Then, your tree will simply dry out very quickly. The year I did make the fancy concoction to mix…
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I used an iron to feed my kids
Not a waffle iron — a clothes iron. True life confession. While I do think I was ingenious to solve my problem, I’m no sure about you. What will you think of a Mother who uses an iron to serve her kids dinner? But, the kids were hungry, and that was that. We traveled thousands and thousands of miles with a cooler packed with water, cheese, peanut butter, tortilla shells, and a Harry Potter book in the CD player. Our first stop was a truly luxurious Holiday Inn (I kid you not! The kids had desks, and bunk beds, and we had our own private bedroom!) with a kitchenette, and…
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Yummy Cranberry Drink
Sometimes, I don’t know how I end up in the messes I make for myself. I don’t know how I moved from making dinner Sunday night to the point where I pulled out my Mom’s sieve that she used to make tomato juice with, to straining cranberries, but that’s where I was. I read that this drink has been made by Moms for their sick kiddies; and and I have a couple of those right now and I thought, cranberries, being so full of vitamin C and antioxidants would totally rock that cold right out of them. I was hopelessly sucked right in to pulling out the sieve, churning cranberries…
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Turn a Hand Into A Keepsake Turkey
Create adorable Thanksgiving handprint turkey keepsakes with this easy DIY cornstarch dough recipe! Thanksgiving crafts that capture precious memories. ?
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Making Compost In a Plastic Bag with Leaves
With the economy so tough, it’s satisfying to make something so valuable that requires such a small financial investment. Why let the city get all of your soil-boosting raw materials? They’ll just turn it into compost themselves, and then make you pay for it next Spring when you buy your mulch. It’s not hard, or too time consuming, to keep some of the leaves for yourself and turn it into compost. Don’t worry if you missed your chance this fall. Some trees save their big drop for the Spring. Last Spring, at the lake, the trees left us with over 120 black plastic bags of fallen leaves that spiraled like…
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Things Are Bad When
Men pray on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
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I will try to refrain myself
From playing Christmas Carols before Thanksgiving. However, since watching watching the snow fall on Main Street during our visit to the Magic Kingdom, I’m already smitten with the Christmas Spirit. Sadly, there was no Spectromagic parade the night of our visit. (Disney has a magical way of incorporating the word magic into every word they can find…“And, now, the doors will autoMAGICALLY open!” If you’ve never been there before, you’ll get used to it.) Visitors, always check the calendar in advance to make sure the glittery parade will take place on the day of your visit. If not, change your visit dates! “SpectroMagic” borrows from the prismatic holographic industry, military…
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