It’s a new year and a new decade* (*okay, not really, but it FEELS like a new decade, doesn’t it?) and I realized I never posted the December meal plan. I’m so sorry, and also, totally fine with this snafu.
Proving yet again that I am no rookie mom and meal planner, our schedule has gotten significantly busier for the month of October than it was last month — which I basically predicted was going to happen, because hey, it’s
I know so many people out there are already doing the back-to-school thing as we speak, but in New England, summer still has a few weeks to go. Our kids aren’t going back until after Labor Day this year, which
Life is change. It may not always feel like it — sometimes, things get monotonous, and you might think “nothing ever changes around here.” You might feel stuck, even. But the truth is, things are ALWAYS changing around us, and
June is such a weird month. May ends with Memorial Day weekend, and everybody’s suddenly in summer mode. But in New England, summer vacation is still weeks away (and, as my super-pedantic 10-year-old son pointed out, ACTUAL summer isn’t until
I’ve been thinking about some changes we’ve made lately to the way we plan, shop and eat, and I think the whole thing can best be summed up as discipline. I mentioned not long ago that I was making a
A few weeks ago, we invited friends over for dinner. We hadn’t seen them in quite some time and looked forward to catching up. They happen to be vegetarians, so I made a big spread of fancy meatless goodies: Roasted
I just looked at the calendar and realized that my kids go back to school in just a little over 4 weeks. FOUR WEEKS? How did that happen? I feel like summer just got started. But it’s already time to
It’s here! It’s finally here! After one of the longest, most dramatic winters in recent memory (seriously, April? Nor’easters?), we have finally achieved something that sort of resembles Spring. There’s verifiable sunshine, temperatures have stayed warm enough for a long