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Let’s talk about meat substitutes
What’s your favorite meatless hot dog alternative?
continue reading "Let’s talk about meat substitutes"Weekend Favorites
Favorite links and photos for this week, plus a little chat about vintage fashion.
continue reading "Weekend Favorites"Diet food
Wherein I talk about strawberry butter on toast and peppermint iced tea in a blue mason jar. But not at the same time.
continue reading "Diet food"Thursday
Wherein I get my hair chopped and tell you a little bit about some of the crafty work I have in progress.
continue reading "Thursday"The butter dilemma
Every year at this time, I take a look at our diet and think about reducing the amount of processed foods we consume. In some ways, the guidelines we now have to follow for a heart-healthy diet have made whole(er) foods meal-planning even more challenging.
continue reading "The butter dilemma"Fun with chalk
I had a little good, clean (messy) fun today. It started on Twitter, as all good things do, when Stacey said this: Hair chalk is a trend? I didn’t even know it existed! I feel so behind, sometimes… — Stacey Trock (@FreshStitches) February 28, 2013 And, well, I didn’t know it existed either, and I […]
continue reading "Fun with chalk"Cutting off the blahs
I’ve been kind of blah lately. My house is messier than I want it to be, which makes me unhappy. But then I feel too disheartened about it to clean it up. And when I let it get bad, I feel guilty, and when I feel guilty, I feel blah. And I don’t feel like leaving […]
continue reading "Cutting off the blahs"Fashion victim
Ok, who wants to help me be a little less winter-fashion-inept? I am reasonably comfortable dressing myself in the warmer months, or pulling together an outfit around a pair of jeans, but in the winter, anything not jeans-based throws me for a loop. I always end up feeling like I’ve chosen the wrong footwear and […]
continue reading "Fashion victim"Wife of a 45-year-old
Somebody had a birthday around here this week. It wasn’t my birthday, but I got the urge to cut my hair in celebration anyway. Six inches, gone. I also got the urge to treat the birthday boy to a night out. I dropped the kids off at my in-laws’ house, booked us a nice hotel […]
continue reading "Wife of a 45-year-old"Victim of the ick? Hope not.
I feel a little unwell at the moment, and am shutting down my computer for the night. Why do you need to know this? Maybe you don’t. But maybe you are waiting for me to process your Polka Dot Creations order. Or maybe you’ve emailed me a question that I have not yet responded to. […]
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