Last weekend I went to one of my oldest friends baby shower. It was a lovely party for her and her baby, and I was so glad I got to share in the experience with her. She looks gorgeous, and her son is already so blessed! But, it was nerve-wracking … Continue reading
Last Friday Mr. Charm was evaluated by the speech therapist. He qualified. She evaluated him on four things: expressive, receptive, articulation, and (physical) oral difficulties. Of course, we were really only concerned about his expressive abilities, and sure enough, that is what he qualified for help with. She has to … Continue reading
Well, it finally happened. I mentioned in November that I didn’t think our beef supply was going to last until our next cow came back from butchering. I was right. I’ve been rationing my meat consumption for almost a month now. Weeks of eating Hamburger Hash at pretty much every meal, … Continue reading
Back in November I wrote about whether vanilla extract was fructose-free or not. In that post, I mentioned that I make my own vanilla. There are tons of tutorials on this on the internet, but since I had to start a new bottle I figured I’d show you how I … Continue reading
We started a new bedtime routine for the adults in the Cradle Rocking Casa last week, and it turned out…interesting. I thought I’d share how it worked out. __________ The first night was Thursday, the 10th. As promised, I went to bed with the kids. And I laid in bed, … Continue reading
Monday night, the Geek woke up in the middle of the night and went to eat some cereal. Somehow, a bite of cereal managed to crack one of his teeth! He said it hurt like crazy, and was not feeling very well Tuesday. The dentist said the tooth is not … Continue reading
I have something SO awesome to share with you, I can hardly stand it! I can take NO credit whatsoever for this delicious concoction. Most of my recipes are my own creations, or such a major overhaul of someone else’s idea that I can still claim it as my own. … Continue reading
This Fructose Malabsorption road is SO frustrating, I had a post all ready to go talking about how we’ve been “two steps forward, two steps back” non-stop since we learned Mr. Charm’s diagnosis. But then…Sunday’s weigh-in came. He weighed 29.2 pounds!!! To give you an idea of how monumental this … Continue reading
“Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” I always thought that was Ben Franklin’s original thought, but when Googling to make sure I was remembering correctly I stumbled upon Mama Lisa, who corrected her own Ben Franklin assumption with the evidence showing this … Continue reading
Click here for my revised recipe. It’s also egg-free and gluten-free, and has printable formatting and much better photos! Thank you! Ever since Thanksgiving, I’ve been pretty much out of the kitchen. With being so sick for so long, I completely lost my drive to ‘create’ and found myself fairly … Continue reading
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