Ever After

Who Hath a book Has friends at hand, And gold and gear At his command; And rich estates, If he but look, Are held by him Who hath a book. Who hath a book Has but to read And he may be A king indeed; His Kingdom is His inglenook; All this is his Who [...]

Another summer salad recipe to share.  I got this recipe from my sister, who got it from her neighbor.  When I brought it to a recent church dinner, there wasn’t a morsel left in the bowl.  (P.S.  This makes a lot of salad, so scale the proportions back accordingly if you aren’t trying to feed [...]

Now that summer is upon us, I wanted to share a few of my favorite warm-weather recipes.  This one comes from the Lion House Lite cookbook and is one of my favorites. Tropical Chicken Salad 1 1/2 T lime juice 1 1/2 T honey 2/3 c. nonfat mayo 1 container (4 oz.) low-fat peach yogurt [...]

Shopping for a bathing suit is a humiliating experience, even under the best of circumstances. Shopping for a bathing suit while pregnant is definitely worse. Shopping for a bathing suit while pregnant with two kids with you in the dressing room, one of them screaming that she wants her binkie that she left in the [...]

The past month has been both wonderful and exhausting.  As I dropped my dad off at the airport yesterday, Ariana and I both BAWLED because we’re going to miss him so much.  Despite the moments of utter exhaustion and frustration that accompany any big project, the month that he was here flew by far too [...]