Boys Are Gross
Boys Are Gross! I know this sounds like a sexist, elementary school playground thing to say but, boys are gross! I have raised five boys and one girl and let me tell you, they are not the same. Maybe it’s just my girl and my boys. Maybe this generalization is unfounded. I will give you my first hand observations and let you decide. My girl is picky. She doesn’t like to try new foods and has actually made herself vomit over the texture of certain foods. We have had our food battles over...
Read MoreTeach Me
In our playroom, hang these words. My amazingly talented sister made them. They are a reminder to me of my primary job, to teach. Yes, I clean and cook and wash and wipe. Some days it seems that is all I do, but underlying everything, my job is to teach: to teach my children to obey, to listen, to respect; to teach them their ABC’s and 123’s; to teach them how to dance and sing and laugh; to teach them to clean up after themselves and say, “I’m sorry.”; to teach them the Word of God and...
Read MoreFull Hands
Full Hands Somewhere between two and three children the comments changed from smiles and gushing to, “Oh my, you have your hands full”. I have to agree. I do indeed have my hands full, as I did when I had one child, and two children. When my first was born, my whole world was transformed. I was responsible for the well-being and training of another human being. My hands were completely full. When our second was born and I had to adjust to mothering two, my hands were full. I can...
Read MoreBaby Choices
Baby Choices: The most nonsensical idea I ever embraced as a mom was to give your baby choices. The fact that I bought into it at all, I blame on DIPS (Dumbness Induced by Pregnancy Syndrome), a syndrome that I still have to this day. The reason I know I still have it is because I continue to give my babies choices, even though I know it is absurd. I recall reading in a baby magazine this idea when my first born was a baby. You can tell that they are targeting sleep deprived, fuzzy brained...
Read MoreRecipe: Dinner rolls
Mix 1 cup warm water, 2 tsp yeast and 1/4 cup sugar. Let them mix for 5 minutes. Add 1 egg, 1 tsp salt, 2 TB oil and 3 and 1/4 cups flour (I use 2 cups whole wheat and 1 and 1/4 white flour). Kneed and let rise for one hour. Coat a cookie sheet with olive oil and your hands as well. Form rolls and let the rolls rise in a warn area for up to an hour. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Read MoreRecipe: Chicken Marsala
Cut chicken breast in half to make them thin (this stretches the chicken further). Prepare flour coating: 1/2 cup flour, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp parsley. Coat chicken. Melt 2 TB of butter and 4 TB of olive oil in pan and brown chicken. Add 2 packages of cut, washed mushrooms. Add 1 and 1/2 cups Marsala wine. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Turn once half way through. Simmer on low until sauce thickens. Serve over brown rice.
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