The thing about holidays is that there are billions of things that can make one cranky. Jacked-up airline prices and crowded airports; insanity at the market and children who insist on dallying with strep throat. Not to mention the pressure, the crowds, and all those random crazy hungry people who insist they are related to [...]
Read more...With half-pint and quarter-pint off to school it was time Ole Ma got that kettle on the fire. That food’s not going to put itself up, you know. How this family expects to make it through an unforgiving winter without a hefty supply of tomatoes in the freezer is beyond me. You know that Slow [...]
Read more...I’m working on a boatload of humorous articles, useful tips and wonderful recipes following our harvest day at the farm last weekend, really I am. But how can I be expected to formulate sentences when I am swimming (drowning?) in the inconceivable fact that, as of 2:54 last night, my baby turned five. FIVE! Here’s [...]
Read more...This picture has absolutely nothing to do with what I’m about to write. It’s simply a ploy to lure you in to the bout of whining in which I am about to engage. My apologies, but… …do not tell the children, these adorable trusting veggie-munching children, that I’ve been bad. Really bad. I’m talking impure [...]
Read more...I feel awful. Just as you were getting used to a regular dose of dry wit and a side of brilliant recipes, poof, the green Bieners just up and disappeared. My sincere apologies. Thing is, I’m pretty new to life in the blog-o-sphere and while I did remember to pack 18 pairs of panties and [...]
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