WAIT!! DON’T LEEEAAVvvvv…. sigh.

Okay. Fine. Beet-haters. Who needs ya, anyway!

This post is for the 5% who either like beets, are on the fence, or just plain curious. Thanks for stickin’ around! 
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Continue reading Pasta with a Beet, Thyme, and Cream Sauce

There are many days as a stay-at-home-mom that time stands still. Pretend tea party? Another game of Old Maid? Hide and Seek. Again. Ugh. And while Daddy can whip up a car-robot-building-elephant-transformer out of Legos…in 3 minutes…I am completely inept at building anything. Is it bedtime yet?!

But then. Then there are days when you actually want to stop the clock; bottle each and every moment because they all bring you joy, pride, and make you smile. 
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Continue reading Strawberry and Goat Cheese Flatbread with Balsamic Syrup

Last week, I did something unprecedented. Mind blowing. Shocking. Life changing.

I walked into a Trader Joe’s for the very first time.
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Olives will forever remind me of when Jen and I were kids; our relatives would come up for the holidays and my mom always put out a bowl of whole olives. We would place one on every single finger and pretend they were people. Of course. Seriously, didn’t every kid do this?? Ah, good times.

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Superbowl is coming up (and rumor has it there have been some major upsets in the playoffs.) But I imagine even the disappointed will still tune in. Either to root for the underdog, or to hopefully watch the team that demoralized their favorite, get kicked to the curb.

I’ll be in the kitchen, not paying attention, every once in a while showing interest in a commercial. Goodness, is it baseball season YET?????
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