By megret | May 25, 2010 at 11:03 pm | 4 comments
We're getting ready to update the kids' rooms. As much as it hurts this mom's heart to do it, we're morphing them into spaces that look a little less "nursery" and a little more "big kid." (*sniff, sniff.*)
When re-doing a room, picking a paint hue is the most difficult...
Posted in: Homekeeping, WFMW
By megret | May 5, 2010 at 1:44 pm | 3 comments
I always look forward to Works for Me Wednesday's "Backwards Editions." It's a wonderful chance to ask everybody questions that have puzzled me for eons!
Okay. My dilemma today involves clothes shopping. For me.
I'm 31. I am beginning to grasp the fact that it's...
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By megret | April 27, 2010 at 11:07 pm | 4 comments
There's not much better than a warm buttermilk biscuit drizzled with honey.
After trying dozens of recipes, I've found the buttermilk biscuits that we love the most. Butter-based, all the way, meaning tender, flaky, and melt-in-your-mouth perfection.
I've turned to...
Posted in: Morsels, WFMW
By megret | April 20, 2010 at 10:32 pm | One comment
Remember a time when you had to actually find and open a phone book to locate an address or telephone number?
Or a time when the only way your kids could learn about or write a report about the history of Brazil would be to open an encyclopedia?
The internet sure has...
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By megret | March 23, 2010 at 10:40 pm | 2 comments
Kids are funny. They say funny things. And pretty soon, you'll fill up the baby book. You'll start writing down the funny things they say on tiny pieces of paper. And you'll inevitably lose those pieces of paper -- or go insane trying to corral them, not lose...
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