Boys and Girls are Different

After so many daughters, having a son is a little surprising sometimes. Apparently boys are different from girls even in illness. Recently both of the twins had a stomach virus. (At separate times, of course. We pass things around over a period of several weeks around here.) Little Girl lay on the couch with a

Kitty Woes

Our cat has a urinary infection of some kind. My husband took him to the vet after we had noticed he was peeing on the floor and continually licking himself in an –ahem– delicate area. The cat, I mean. My husband almost never pees on the floor. I received the following text while the two

Macaroni and Cheese

I saw a new way to make mac and cheese on pinterest. The difference is: You cook the noodles in the milk instead of water.  I know, right? CRAZY. But it was really good. It was super creamy, but did not use any butter or cream. There was only skim milk and cheddar cheese. Now,

A Valentine’s Dinner Conversation

My husband and I went out to dinner last weekend. Like everyone else on earth, apparently. I thought if we went the day AFTER Valentine’s we would miss the crowd, so we waited until Saturday night. There was over an hour wait for a table, so I guess the crowd was still there. Here’s a

I’m Hangry

I’ve been using the “My Fitness Pal” app on my phone to try and diet… I mean MAKE A POSITIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGE. Otherwise known as: Trying not to eat so much dang FOOD. Sigh.  First of all, I’ve discovered that this app IS NOT MY PAL. In fact, I think I HATE that slender leaping

How do you stuff an Oreo inside a cookie?

Yesterday I made Oreo-stuffed chocolate-chip cookies. Two words: De. Lish. I will put the recipe below, but first of all, to answer the question. How do you get the Oreo INSIDE? Basically you make the cookie dough with extra flour so it holds together well, and mold the cookie dough AROUND the Oreo.   Form

Cake

I made a pretty cake. That’s all I have to say about that.

All the world’s a stage

Last weekend I went to my first audition in nine years. I don’t know how that much time got away from me between shows. I have always loved performing in live theatre, but life can get in the way of art. In other words, when you have five children it can make it difficult to

Cleaning the microwave

My friend sent me a pin about cleaning the microwave. Now I’ll admit that my microwave isn’t the cleanest on earth, so I tried this. It worked pretty well, although it made the kitchen smell too vinegar-y. I think plain water would have been just as good. Now that it’s clean I need to post

We have reached 100 days!

Yesterday was the hundredth day of kindergarten and the twins were very excited. We’d finished their projects over the weekend, so I went ahead and sent the display boards in to school on Monday. In Little Girl’s class, her teacher said, “Oh wow! You brought your project a day early! Good job. Why don’t you