Thoughts on Iraq

It’s late, I’m supposed to be working on something else, and I’m tired, but I had to write. I got an email tonight from an old friend from high school who leaves his wife (another friend from high school) and young daughter tomorrow to go to combat training in Wisconsin. He deploys to Iraq in [...]

An Easter Experiment – Tie-Dye!

Last year, I posted about dying play silks with Kool-Aid. Yesterday, I tried something a little different: I used our leftover Easter Egg dye to tie-dye an extra play silk I had laying around. The result, pictured here, delighted the children and turned out better than I could have expected since I haven’t tie-dyed anything [...]

NCAA Tourney Time & Tourney Goes “Green”!

Today the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament begins and for the first time ever, I’m not sure I’ll watch much. This is in part because I’m about 10 days away from releasing a huge newly-redesigned web site for an organization I volunteer for (More on that on release day: March 31st), in part because one the [...]

Drink a “Green” Beer on St. Patrick’s Day

Because my usual St. Patrick’s Day activity of planting peas is not happening this year, I think I’ll drink a green beer. And no, I don’t mean a Coors Light with green food coloring added. I mean a beer brewed by a company that uses environmentally-responsible practices. Want to join me? Sierra Club published a [...]

Make it from Scratch! Baguettes

This week’s submission for StoptheRide’s Make it from Scratch Carnival represents a recent triumph on something that’s been bothering me for quite some time. You see, I’ve had a nearly ten year love affair with the Williams-Sonoma Baguette recipe (see the online version here–mine, being older, omits the vital wheat gluten and for some unknown [...]

Gluttons for Punishment

Well, we did it. Tonight we are the proud new guardians of a German Shorthair Pointer. The little dude doesn’t have a name yet (we summarily rejected Gabriel’s suggestion–Bruce Arfy-Arf Taffy Artz and Lily’s suggestion that sounded something like “Linda”), so we’ve mainly been calling him “No dill hole!” seconds after he jumps on the [...]

Night Weaning Resources for the Sleep Deprived

I woke up around midnight last night to the battle cry of my 22-month-old daughter, “Mommy mook, Mommy mook!” Her door was open, so usually she would come into our bedroom to demand milk in the night. But last night she didn’t. Last night she just howled with rage. Why? Because, even in her half-awake [...]

Make it from Scratch: Pizza Dough

From our house-warming party to family dinners, our pizza dough has consistently gotten rave reviews. So I decided it was time to share the recipe for all to enjoy as part of StopTheRide’s Make it from Scratch carnival! You can see the rest of this week’s entries here: http://pjmommy.com/?p=693#comment-25955.
Pizza Dough (Recipe courtesy of the good [...]

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