Today we finally, yes gasp – finally – took down our Christmas tree. We’ve been on a big clean-out-the-house-binge and the tree just didn’t strike us as important, until today. As I took down the Christmas decorations, I felt the need to replace the fun with something else. While putting away the groceries I needed […]
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Nature ice danglers help kids gage temperatures
Earlier in the week it was frigid here in East Tennessee. We even hit a rare 18 degrees, where my cats came inside to sleep on the heat registers. But even then, kids still need to get outside. And what a better way for them to experience freezing temperatures than by creating ice danglers outside […]
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Simmons’ souper fabulous butternut squash
Before I share with you the recipe for an awesome Butternut Squash Soup I created last night, I want to let you in on some secrets about me. I’m terrible at meal planing. So bad that usually when 6:00 rolls around I still don’t know what I’m going to make for dinner. Somehow, it usually […]
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In the new year I’ll let the kids take the lead
I used to joke with my kids by telling them, “I’m the boss of the house.” Then they got smart and said, “No, I’m the boss of me.” Really, I think all us parents are kidding ourselves if we think we’re in charge. We may tell ourselves that we set the examples, and make the […]
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Oh kitty, it’s cold outside!
This is for the cats. Because I tell you how much I love my loony, whippersnapper of a dog Lulu and our old dog Blair that died last month, I’m posting this one of the cats. As a mom (and a vegetarian) I love that my kids are growing up with furry friends and a genuine desire to respect […]
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Happy 2012! From our home to yours.
Happy New Year to all! We rang in 2012 at home tonight, on Paris time, with the girls and lots of fun. There was a dance party, chocolate hats for eating, a big blue ball drop from dad and a whole lot of racket using instruments brought up from our basement band space (where the […]
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Celebrating New Year’s Eve at home, on France time
New Year’s Eve was fun before I had kids, like when I rang in the new year in New Orleans wearing a formal dress and being entertained by a 12 piece jazz band. That was a blast! It was a different life then and I’m not even going to bother trying to remember what year […]
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Nursing in public doesn’t have to be a BIG deal
Incase you have not heard by now, hundreds of moms made national and local news on December 28 partaking in a national nurse-in at more than 30 Target stores across the United States. It was organized through the Facebook group, “Target Nurse-In,” and it was started by Michelle Hickman in Houston, Texas after she was […]
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Goodbye Swagger Wagon, Hello Peace Cruiser
On Christmas day we could have been the hottest new advertisement selling Honda minivans. Who needs tricked out reversible seats when you just take them out so your dog can ride first class? For years we traveled with our old dog Blair, who we had to put down last month. Waiting in the ranks was […]
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Meet our wool eating, wood chomping organic dog that is in need of a few good sheep to herd
During the last night of old dog Blair’s life I sat on the floor helping him get water and soothing him with pats on the head, while our young dog Lulu got her first bout of freedom sleeping without being locked in her crate. While sitting with Blair, Lulu nuzzled up to me with her cute little […]
