One of your duties as a blogger is to read other blogs. There are many reasons for this. It makes you a better writer, builds your online community, and also you learn things. At least one day per week, I take an extended stroll around the internet visiting my favorite blogs, and I try to regularly visit new ones as well. This week I found such cool stuff, I just had to share with my own blog readers. Usually I […]
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I have tried several recipes in my quest to make delicious-melt-in-your-mouth rolls from scratch. They were all utter failures…..until this one! I found this gem in one of those church cookbooks,
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If I get an email or Facebook message from a friend I haven’t seen in 5 or 10 years, odds are high they need my poppyseed chicken recipe again. I have had SO MANY phone calls over this one recipe. I’m not promising this is a healthy dish, but it is filling and delicious. Shout out to my college roommate, Nikki, who taught me this one. I’m pretty sure it was the first chicken recipe I ever learned besides “put […]
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A few weeks ago, I was grocery shopping alone at the Commissary. It’s funny. When I was pregnant, strangers in stores always talked to me. “You’re so….big. Are you having twins?” Oh, how I loved those little chats…Then when the boys were babies, people still talked to us, but these days we’re just regular old people. I don’t get comments unless I take all 4 of them out together. Then of course, no one can believe they are all boys. […]
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I am excited about the holidays! So excited! Mostly because it means I don’t have to teach as much. Is that wrong? I was at the chiropractor’s office today, when lo and behold, Daniel’s new preschool teacher walked in. I admitted to her that her job was much too hard on the back for me. Just the one day of volunteering had me running home to my hot pack. But you know what? She loves teaching. It’s her calling! I’m […]
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Today I met with a nutritionist, also known as my friend Lacy. I bombarded her with all the food questions I could think of about how to lower blood sugar, and I’m going to share the first, most doable steps that I learned. I’m writing them down NOW before I forget any more than I already have! Lacy is a fellow home schooling mom. She also has four kids, so there’s no one who better understands what I’m up against. […]
» Read moreIn the great tradition of helping out new mothers, our friends Chris and Corinne brought over this roast, just after we had Joshua. I remember this day like the back of my hand. Corinne was 39 weeks pregnant herself, and she looked exhausted. We asked them to stay with us and enjoy the roast too, and I so enjoyed their visit. I have loved every single one of their visits. They are such an outstanding couple! We always laughed so […]
» Read moreThe day I tried to take sleepy JD to Joshua’s basketball game…. Today is Joshua’s very first basketball game. I would love to be there right now, cheering that boy on. Go, Joshua!!! Actually, I WAS there. I just didn’t get to stay for more than 5 minutes. John David still seems to be in charge of my schedule. We can try to pretend like our baby doesn’t run our schedule, but we’re really just kidding ourselves. “Oh, I can’t […]
» Read moreWhen I moved storiesofourboys.com from wordpress.com to Bluehost, I accidentally left out the recipe section. Oops!! There were just a couple of the recipes I decided I need to add back, as I have had more than one friend mention these recipes, and I know you need them to stay put, for reference. Don’t you hate it when you’re in a pinch, and the recipe you were using just disappears from the internet??? So, here it is: My first prize chili. […]
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Today I thought I’d share my favorite soup with everyone: Loaded Baked Potato Soup. This stuff is GOOD. (I’m also holding Daniel as I type this, while he does a dinosaur puzzle on his Nabi.) Plus, I am on hold with the airline trying to change a flight. I figure I’ll be on hold for a while. Somehow I doubt I’m the only person scrambling to change travel plans this week!!! Loaded Baked Potato Soup Prep: 30minutes- 2 hours, […]
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