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Fall Gardening Checklist

September 18, 2013 By Laura 10 Comments

It’s turning towards fall around here and while the weather is still warm during the day, nights are getting cooler and it’s time to start getting my garden ready for fall. Here’s what I’m doing: 1.) Putting in one last round of cool-weather veggies. Lettuce, carrots, radishes, spinach. Most veggies that grow underground and leafy […]

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Saving a Beloved Patchwork Quilt

September 4, 2013 By Laura 7 Comments

It’s in the 90’s here (have I mentioned that? That it’s hot? It’s hot.) and since nothing says “summer fun” quite like working on a massive flannel quilt, I’ve been busy. The story is this: my daughter has had that butterfly quilt since she was a baby. What you can’t tell from the picture above […]

Filed Under: crafting

How to Make Monarch Butterfly Wings

February 8, 2013 By Laura 2 Comments

My daughter was in a school play. She instructed me to come up with a costume, but she was very accommodating about it. “It’s called ‘Bugz,’ so I need to be a bug. But my teacher said I can be any kind of bug.” “That might be true for most of the class,” said I, […]

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The Great Toy Purge of 2012: Preparations

November 5, 2012 By Laura 2 Comments

My weekend project was The Great Toy Purge of 2012. I’m now on the other side and I’m a better woman for it. I’m not sure how things got to this stage. I could defend myself by saying that we have four kids of different ages and sexes who play with different things. And we […]

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A Cars Party!

September 23, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

We’re in the middle of our Fall Birthday Blitz. Three of the kids were born within about a month of each other. So a week after a slumber party with six little girls, I’m now hosting a party for my newly minted five-year old boy and his friends. Fun, fun, fun…but man, I could use […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, recipes

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Welcome! I'm Laura -- a mom of four kids aged thirteen and under. I run occasionally and love really bad puns.

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