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This Is Not Needed Right Now

Wednesday, April 8th, 2020

Houston, we have a problem.  The oven is no longer heating up. Look, I’m stuck here at home, and I happen to NEED to feed the family, as well as maybe bake some things (and for crying out loud, EASTER IS THIS SUNDAY), and THIS is the time that the oven decides to give up??? […]



The Hammer Drops

Tuesday, April 7th, 2020

Well, it’s official.  The kids are not going to set foot back in a school building until sometime after June.  The governor officially canceled school yesterday afternoon, and we will be online until the end of the year. I was on a Zoom meeting with Thumper’s therapist when the news was texted to me by […]



Cooking Lessons For Tad

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020

The kids had a day off school yesterday (this seems to be the story of our January Mondays), and since I was home and his therapist Leigh was available, Tad had an lunch therapy session which included… learning to make his own grilled cheese sandwiches. This was a big deal because up until now, Tad […]



Into Extra Innings

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019

There’s something wrong with me.  I’m still baking cookies! I found a recipe for a Peppermint Mocha Chocolate Chip cookie… but that meant I was hunting ingredients down.  I had to order more peppermint crunch online, and after checking three different stores, I finally caved and ordered espresso powder online as well.  The cookie was […]