Nekkie Bottom Girl

When you work with kids you can bet on a steady diet of laughs and surprises.   If you’re lucky you’ll get both at the same time.   The other day I got lucky – the girls surprised me and made me laugh so hard I cried.   I went…

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“Change Overnight” – my First Guest Post

A while ago Ida Mae of Trees Will Bend invited me to participate in her “Change Overnight” nighttime cloth diapering event this month. This is the first time I’ve been asked to be a guest blogger so I was very excited! Instead of posting here today I thought it would…

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Bubble Up Pizza Recipe

Bubble Up Pizza is one of the kids’ favorite lunches. I love it too because it’s quick and easy and I know the kids will eat it. It’s also a great way to use up leftovers!   Bubble Up Pizza Recipe Ingredients Bubble Up Pizza doesn’t require many ingredients and…

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Digging in the Dirt

When we bought our house it came with a garden behind the garage. Obviously long neglected, the garden was overrun with weeds and cilantro – so much cilantro that after pulling it all out I couldn’t stand the smell of cilantro for years and years and years. Now it’s one…

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Cloth Pads

Warning! This post is about “feminine issues” and may contain too much information for some people. Proceed at your own risk.     M: “You women are gross.” Me: “Prolly – why?” M: “Cotton pads.” Me: “What about them? They’re comfy.” M: “You use them for two years?!” Me: “Yeah,…

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Thank the Wasp

The other day Teacher was chasing a wasp with a rolled up magazine and accidentally knocked down the kitchen valences. As he replaced them after smashing the little menace I got a good look at them and was instantly grossed out; they were covered with a layer of dust and…

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My New Checkbook Cover

When my beloved leather checkbook cover started looking like something the cat dragged in I knew it was time to get a new one. I had recently made myself a new purse so I decided to make a checkbook cover to match.   RIP poor, old checkbook cover. You served…

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Homemade M&M Blizzard

One night Teacher and I were cuddling on the couch watching TV when I got a craving for an M&M Blizzard. Neither of us wanted to leave the couch long enough to make a DQ run so he decided to try whipping one up for me. It was so quick…

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For the Rest of my Life

Since I was a little girl I’ve loved looking through my parent’s wedding album, and since their 44th wedding anniversary is this month I thought I’d share some of my favorite photos.   My mom made her own wedding dress, but my grandma picked out the crown and veil. Mom…

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Help Me Decide

I need your help! As part of my ongoing work freshening up this place I took a peek at my About Me page and was appalled by how grossly out of date it was. The photo was from two years ago, when Little Guy was a baby and I still…

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