I’m obsessed with this soup. It is filling, nutritious, and just the right amount of spice. Sometimes I make up an extra big pot for dinner and then eat the leftovers for lunch for days. My family loves it too, … Continue reading
Our old couch needed to go. It was ripped and ripping more, stained, and, most depressingly, toxic. For years California had a misguided law requiring sofas to be soaked with flame retardants in order to buy homeowners a measly four … Continue reading
Fall is here and I can hardly believe how much time has passed. Has summer really come to an end? I look through photographs of our trip to Rock Hall, Maryland and already those times seem so far away. Has … Continue reading
I love granola, always have, but I’ve found most of the store bought ones to be too sweet. I recently cut out gluten and have been feeling much better, but that also really narrows the granola options. My local co-op … Continue reading
We made friends with two wonderful farmers at the local farmer’s market last year, a mother and daughter team. This year we joined their CSA. Community Supported Agriculture is where you buy into a farm before the season starts, usually … Continue reading
We’ve been trying to cut down on the amount of plastic that goes into the baby room. I’m going for natural as much as possible, as well a feeling of magical forest- woodland animals, trees, nature, fairies, with just a … Continue reading
In preparing for future foster children, we planned on one child. Well, of course, with that deciding phone call we got a little over eager and accepted two. This lead to a bit of a dilemma. The children had to … Continue reading
Okay, so it’s been a crazy few weeks. A week after finally finishing our county’s foster program requirements, my husband and I were lucky enough to have two children stay with us for a month. Nothing will change your schedule … Continue reading
Fair Hill Natural Resource Management area is a park in Cecil County, Maryland- near the corner of Pennsylvania and Delaware. It’s an old DuPont Estate consisting of over five thousand acres. I love it because it is horse country and … Continue reading
As I mentioned in my last post, I found a turn of the century desk for $20 on Craigslist. I was thrilled to find the desk I did. Since the listing called it an executive desk, I like to imagine … Continue reading
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