Good morning! It’s a Friday in October and it’s not even Halloween. Heck, right now it’s not even cold in New England – we’re at the end of a four-day heat wave that has me opening windows and donning T-shirts

Sunday dinner is sort of a thing in our house. It’s not a tablecloth-and-wedding-china kind of thing, though years ago when J. and I were first married, I did make an effort to bring out the nicer stuff once a
No, really, the heat is on. Or it could have been, but I restrained myself from touching the dial. It is COLD today in Rhode Island. Funny how this happens almost every year, and yet I’m never really quite prepared
Seriously. You guys. It’s September. (Well, ALMOST.) And I never even posted the meal plan for August! I had one. You know I had one. I can’t function without a meal plan. But, well, AUGUST. It was a month of
It’s back-to-school season! I know some people around the country already have kids back in school; others are starting this week; and others, like my boys, will be going back in a couple of weeks’ time (major jealousy, by the
I’m so excited today to announce the launch of a new project that I’ve been practically SLAVING over (yes, picture me, back of hand to my forehead) with my friend Bonnie from The Joyful Organizer. The two of us have
It’s the first day of July, and the house is too quiet. The boys are off on a week-long trip to Gramma and Grampa’s house while J. and I stay here in RI and slowly roast tardily install air conditioning
Last week, I wrote about the new challenge we’re facing in our household with a schedule that now doesn’t allow us all to sit down together each night for dinner. I shared my thoughts on how to manage that kind
Before I get on with the meal plan, I just want to say something. Today, my friend Bettina at The Lunch Tray shared an op-ed from the Washington Post which theorized, among other things, that the problem of unhealthy school
Say it with me, friends: Bibimbap. Bibimbap. Bibimbap. Or, as my kids so charmingly suggested, “Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo?” It doesn’t really matter what you call it. This meatless wonder of a meal was a completely unexpected hit with the whole family, and