2008 September

The Hazards of Blogging

May I be frank for a moment? Since we are in the middle of Adopt-a-Blogger, I thought that this might be the perfect time to write about something that has been on my mind for quite some time. The Hazards of Blogging. No… I don’t mean getting flour on your camera and cake batter on [...]

Filed Under: Blog Events, Blogging Tips, Previous · Tagged With: adopt a blogger, blogging, blogging hazards, food blogging, get a life, Tips

Well, Hello Writer’s Block

I have been sitting here, with my computer on my lap, for the past two hours trying to think of what to write about. For two hours, I have been sitting here and nothing even remotely related to food has crossed my mind. Instead my mind has been wandering to far off places, thinking of [...]

Filed Under: Dinner, Magazine Recipes, On the Menu, Previous · Tagged With: Blog, comfort, dine & dish, fall food, food, pasta, pumpkin, Rachael Ray, random thoughts, writer's block

Menu Planning Monday

Hubby is gone on business again this week, so the kids and I are on our own. I remember when I was a kid and my dad would go out of town on business, we would get to have frozen pizza, boxed macaroni and cheese and hot dogs. My mom always cooked fantastic meals when [...]

Filed Under: Blog Events, Dinner, On the Menu, Online Recipes, Previous · Tagged With: easy recipes, family dinner, family favorites, food, Food Blog, menu planning, menu plannning monday, recipes

Kid Friendly

I got a couple of emails after I posted my “kid friendly” menu on Monday. I guess I should have clarified. I know that my definition of kid friendly and other parents definition of kid friendly can be completely different things. I have been very blessed in the fact that my kids are not picky. [...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Giveaway, Product Reviews · Tagged With: food, Food Blog, giveaway winner, kid friendly, menu planning, pillsbury, product review, recipes

Ducks and Butterflies

I have always had a soft heart for animals of almost any kind. (Sorry snakes and rats… not you!). When I was growing up, we lived on a small 5 acre “farm”. I hesitate to call it a farm… I think it was more of an experiment for my parents to test out the country [...]

Filed Under: Family, Previous · Tagged With: butterfly house, cocoon, larva, loss, love, parenting

Anticipation

This is probably completely inappropriate talk for a food blog, but why is it that you can get in the car, leave work, drive for 30 minutes and not have to go to the bathroom at all. Then, when you pull onto your street and open the garage door, you suddenly have to go soooooo [...]

Filed Under: Blog Events, Bread, Dinner, On the Menu · Tagged With: anticipation, baking, Bierocks, food, Food Blog, German food, recipe

Menu Plan Monday

My husband is out of town all week this week on business. While he is enjoying all the fine dining New York establishments on his company’s dime, the kids and I are going to be attempting to have somewhat decent meals at home. My instinct is just to feed them cereal every night, but I [...]

Filed Under: Blog Events, On the Menu, Online Recipes, Previous · Tagged With: eating in, food, grocery shopping, menu, menu plan Monday, menu planning, organizing, recipes

Commitment Issues

This weekend, as I was cleaning out my bathroom cabinets, I came to the realization that I have some serious commitment issues. Not with relationships, not with work and not with family obligations. My commitment issues lie in the form of product commitments. Shampoo for example. I buy shampoo, get through 3/4 of the bottle [...]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Previous · Tagged With: adopt a blogger, blog giveaway, Breakfast, brewed chocolate, commitment issues, food, Muffins, Recipezaar, waste

Adopt-A-Blogger Adoptions

I feel sort of like a proud mama and a matchmaker when I facilitate the Adopt a Blogger event. This year I did things a little differently. I entered everyone into an automated program that we use for drawing names at Christmas and let the little program do the match making. We are witnessing fate [...]

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