Today was a better day than yesterday – whew!  Today I mowed the yard and did a really good job, I’m getting much more efficient at it.  We do have a huge yard (we have two acres and almost all of it is yard).  I even wore my bikini so I could work on my [...]

Killy’s been begging to make ice cream the last couple days so we made some using our fresh picked blueberries.  I LOOOOOOVED it and ate way too much, the kids liked it okay, and David said it was “too creamy.”  Oh, well.  Here’s the recipe:
Blueberry Ice Cream
2 cups blueberries
1 cup sugar
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup [...]

So, our potty-learning experiment this weekend was a DISMAL failure.  We tried no diapers (except for at night) for 24 hours.  The results?  Six pee-accidents and one poop-accident.  Oh, and nothing in the potty at all.  So, I guess we’ll wait a few weeks and try again.  I’m getting nervous, though, because school starts the [...]

Just posted a huge blog entry and then my computer froze up.  Here are the highlights: today we picked blueberries at a friend’s u-pick farm, went out to see Wall-E, and started potty-training Ellie with zero success.
6/28: 35 minutes
2516 exercise minutes in June

I was about to get ready to head outside and mow the yard (ugh!) but the sky suddenly started to darken up and the wind picked up and I weenie-ed out.  Just a few minutes later it started absolutely pouring and the thunder and lightening started up, too.  I loooooove a good storm!  Our family [...]

This morning was my “day off” this week.  Yay!  It was just lovely!  I went shopping and got the prettiest sundress, got compliments on the dress I was wearing today, had a sinful lunch of Taco Bell (my weakness… I’m doing very well on my weight loss though and hopefully didn’t undermine it too much [...]

This crust worked pretty well for being whole wheat.  Its not the tender, flaky wonder that a pie crust made with white flour would be, but it rolled out easily and didn’t fall apart when I baked it.
1 cup whole wheat pie/pastry flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup oil
2-3 tbsp cold water
Mix the salt and flour, mix [...]