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When are you going to fix the Search feature on Blogger? I knew it. People told me I could trust you again. Not happy.

Senior Product Designer at Vera Bradley is Filipina

Just so thrilled to find out that the Senior Product Designer at Vera Bradley is Elit Hoover who’s Filipina. There’s a brief interview featuring her in the latest (Spring 2010) Vera Bradley catalog.

Because I tended to lose things, I wasn’t a bag person until Vera. I put off buying a pretty bag for [...]

Homemade Bacon

Homemade Bacon

Okay, not really. The kids were happy enough with it, so there will be repeats.

The recipe:

Go to Local Harvest. Find a farmer near you who offers pasture-raised pigs, such as this one. No, that’s not where I got my pork, but my farmer doesn’t have a website. Ask for [...]

ChocBanOatCranWal Cookies

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WalCran….. fuhgeddaboudit.

Made these cookies today. Pronounced AMAZING by the kids. I saved some nut-less cookie dough for the allergy-sufferers, but otherwise, the walnuts HAVE to be in them.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Whisk together
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour (ground finely)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 [...]

Higher Learning Indeed

Higher Learning? by Anne Hendershott

As the mom of a college student (and more coming in just a few years), I keep my eye open for articles such as this which I see as a “state of the nation” type of report.

As the mom of a previously-homeschooled college student, you can bet I still [...]

ReviewMe Post: Would You Like Some Cheesecake?

The following is a paid review of Would You Like Some Cheesecake?

Not that I’m still baking cheesecake these days. I’ve long stopped, especially after reading Dr. Weil’s guidelines about cream cheese. I make my own cream cheese these days, out of strained homemade yogurt — yum! It even makes good yogurt frosting [...]

November Reads, Paco, 13

November Reads, Migi, 10

November Reads, Yena, 7

No, It’s Not Just About Abortion

There are times when it appears the only real issue for the Catholic church is abortion.

No, it’s not. Only a person who doesn’t pay attention to what the Catholic church says or does can come to this conclusion. They forget the people who are being helped daily in pregnancy crisis centers, the [...]

Our New Library

… is open.

It’s beautiful! Spacious and sunny, layout well thought out, filled with books and books and books (of course!). It makes me want to go back to my old project (that will forever be unfinished) of going through every single picture book there is, just to ferret out the gold nuggets. [...]

Scouting's Really Growing on Me

When we first started homeschooling the boys, one of my biggest concerns was physical activity. They’re active enough kids that even without sports or other outside activities, they’d still be getting their daily circulation boost just by running up and down stairs, chasing each other, jumping on beds, etc., etc.

Those first few [...]

Thirty Things for Thankful Thursday

So many things to be thankful for today:

1. the sun shining through our windows… beautiful day!!!
2. a baby being loud beside me, trying different consonants and vowels (current favorites: b, m, h, y)
3. kids who love to read
4. student home from college for a few more days
5. extended family [...]

Migi's Reads, November

Pythons by Mary Ann McDonald
Badgers by Joan Kalbacken
Anacondas by Linda George
Rattlesnakes by Mary Ann McDonald
Hawks and Falcons by Maria Mudd Ruth
Hawks by Wayne Lynch
Hawaii Volcanoes by M.C. Hall
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Raptors by A Bobbie Kalman Book
The Middle Ages by Don Nardo
Future (DK Eyewitness) by Michael Tambini
The Middle Ages by Sarah Howarth
Hawks [...]

Yena’s Reads, November

Pythons by Mary Ann McDonald ***
Badgers by Joan Kalbacken ****
Anacondas by Linda George ****
Rattlesnakes by Mary Ann McDonald ****