We love to eat granola for breakfast and I often find myself lazily buying a few bags each week. Even though I check the bags carefully, there are still many ingredients in the granola that I do not want or need, preservatives, too much oil or sugar, or other artificial […]
For many reasons, our family watches a lot of movies at home. Between Amazon Prime and Netflix, we have our pick of many awesome old and new flicks to enjoy together. Jake is our resident popcorn maker for movies. He pops the kernels (we love the Bob’s red mill kernels […]
Popcorn makes any movie better!
3 Thank you Fadra for a kick in the butt to post on my blog! You felt badly about not posting for the past two weeks, while I have not posted in months. Our roller coaster life continues on it’s way. This week we will close on our former house. What […]
How sweet it is
22 10 Grain Muffins are a great breakfast treat A few years ago I was nominated to be a Hero of the Mill from the Bob’s Red Mill company. This honor really means a lot to me. I eat very healthy, and try to convince my kids that they also want […]
10 Grain Muffins for the Win!
2015 has not been the easiest of months in our house. Moving, flooding basements, boxes and more boxes. That about sums it up. But, there was a bright light in our month. We were invited to media day at the Washington Auto Show as guests of Chevrolet and SheBuysCars. It […]
SheBuysCars, the 2016 VOLT and the new Spark EV
10 Thank you Fadra, for inspiring me to write for 5 minutes, unedited, stream of conscious style. I have a lot on my mind, and it felt good to get it all down on paper, or write it on my blog. So we have lived in Virginia for 4 weeks now, […]
Stream of Consciousness Sunday
We have lived here for 28 days and those 28 days have been, of course, quite challenging. The worst part of this first month was that we did not have a fence. Molly is used to having a fence and standing by the back door when she needs to go […]
What a difference a fence makes!
One of the first things we unpacked and got fairly organized was the kitchen. We needed to eat and cook and of course make muffins right away. These muffins are very healthy and super delicious. The kids ate them all before the day was over. We are making them again […]
Banana Chocolate Chip Chia Muffins
The past two weeks are a blur. Boxes Huge Trucks Cannot find what I need Where is ______ Muscles hurting, yearning for sleep Where do I begin??? Boxes calling from every room. Pick me! No, me. Start here. So overwhelming!! We moved to a new house and to say it […]
Moving
My son Jake has always loved computers. When he was two he would sit at my computer, open up the photo booth and take pictures of himself. He then would open his gmail, attach a photo, and send it to his preschool teachers with the subject HI, the only word […]