Yogurt in a Crockpot, second time around

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Back in October I made yogurt in my crock pot. (I got the idea from Stephanie at A Year of Slow Cooking.)

I didn’t realize it had been OCTOBER, y’all – good grief. Five whole months. I’m following the same basic recipe as before, but I’ve added in a big box of raspberry [...]

Requiem for a sofa

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It was ugly. Not butt-ugly, but…didn’t go with anything else ugly. A dual-reclining heavy monstrosity that was a pain in the behind to clean under. Blue, with peach plaid striping and a pineapple in each square.

The sofa was in the livingroom when I moved back home from Little Rock. Like everything else [...]

Ever have one of those moments

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where you look at the clock and realize that it’s WAAAAY later than you meant to stay up but the homework is all finally done (YAY!) and you can go to bed now but noooo, you really can’t go to bed because the dog is asleep on the floor and if you move [...]

An attitude of gratitude

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I’m thankful for the kids’ health insurance and the wonderful staff at Forsyth Medical Center’s ER department. Joe stepped on a nail today, and we were seen, x-rayed, treated and streeted inside of two hours. He’s happily ensconced on the sofa with now-orange foot elevated, playing video games.

I’m thankful for the Wii [...]

On NOT Getting Things Done

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Jenijen has this mistaken idea that everyone else “gets it all done”. She’s a little overwhelmed. I’m there too, I’ve just had a little more time to embrace The Suckitude(tm).

I don’t get everything done. Sometimes you hafta know what to throw under the bus – AND to be okay with the fact [...]