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Valentine’s Day 2010

Hi you!

Hope you had a very nice Valentine's day!

Ours was a day of overindulging!

Casey gave me my own copy of A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my Kitchen Table and panda card!

The card gave me permission to overindulge yesterday so I did!

happy valentine's day to ME!

It's a good thing I have my own copy now because I spilled a little butter on the library copy! Woops! Continue reading→

A sweet 16 months

Cooper turned 16 months old yesterday.

A sweet 16...although he was Mr. Grumps.  All 4 canines are coming in at once.

The words he says:

Car, dada, shoes, ball, hat, cat, cracker, please, pretty, cracker, bread, dis & dat (this and that)

They don't sound exactly how they are supposed to...we still find it super adorable.

He has said mama a few times...but prefers to call  both Casey and I "dada."

lil heartbreaker

He LOOOVES watching cars outside.  Seeing the garbage truck makes his day.

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my current organizing tips

it's stormy

It's been raining a lot here in Northern California!  A LOT!

lucky boy

It's nice, but it's prevented us from going on the afternoon walks I love so much.

Because I've been stuck inside on my days off of work, I've been trying my hardest to get organized and streamline my life a bit.

It's been a challenge, but I have implemented a few things that have saved me.

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2 for 2010!!!

Meet Rhoda

I bought a juicer 5 months before I got pregnant with Cooper.  I was obsessed.  For the first three months, I juiced constantly.  I could not keep enough fruit & veg in my house to quench my thirst.  I thought to myself "This 200 bucks was soo worth it!  How could I never NOT juice?!"

Then I got pregnant and turned super lazy....The thought of lugging my machine out of the cabinet and cleaning up the mess prevented me from using it. What a waste of a fine machine!  Sigh.

This afternoon while Coop slept, I busted out Rhoda (the name I have for my juicer) and made something delightful!

Carrot, Red Pepper, Apple, Ginger & Celery juice:

what's in my juice!

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Christmas Decorations, 2009 style

Here's our Christmas tree this year-

during the day

We put it up in our little "sitting room" area.

a bunch of pretties

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Give the gift of Treats!

Let's face it, this year giving presents will be a bit tough with the economy in the crapper. What better excuse to get into our kitchens and make stuff?!! It's fun, rewarding and it's a great way to show people that you care!!

I also find that baking late at night with a cocktail is VERY therapeutic. Agreed?

So I've compiled a little mash up of ideas for you!

If you want to treat your friends & family to some amazing candy, make:


Crispy Crunchy Peppermint Bark

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Let the Holiday Season Begin!

it sprinkled

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We sure did!!!  Lots of activity at my mom's house. We had great food, great wine & great company as usual.

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Thanksgiving Roundup!!!

So I had a little request from lovely Alex of Strawberry Lemonade to do a little roundup of my Thanksgiving pasts/ideas. My mom always hosts Thanksgiving, so most of the weight of the day is on her. She rocks. She's traditional. She makes a wonderful spread!

For our Thanksgiving, I bring a sweet potato dish topped with pecans & a HUGE batch creamed spinach to the party.  I've never blogged the recipes to either one (which kinda shocks me!) Maybe I should....

The past few years I've made a fluffy pumpkin tiramisu for dessert, but it usually never gets finished cuz everyone in my family stuffs themselves all day long and never saves room for dessert! I hate that!  It tastes good, but it has a shelf life!

If you are looking for some Thanksgiving ideas, I've compiled a few!

If you are on appetizer duty,

Make a Sundried Tomato Goat Cheese Log!

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