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  Molten Lava Cakes — 5 Ingredients to Chocolate Bliss

  07.01.08 | Permalink | 23 Comments

  My mom turned 50 on Sunday. She’s pretty young for a grandma of six, just as she was young (19) when she was first a mother to me. Last year my sisters and I held a tea party for her with homemade scones, Mary Poppins costumes, and hot chocolate, the works. This year I thought [...]

• summer

  The Magical Mystery Powers of Swimming Lessons

  07.01.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  It isn’t the swimming-learning, though that is coming right along. Sally jumped off the high dive and was queasy for a couple hours after a spectacular belly flop. (My description of “ballerina legs and toes” didn’t help). Spot blows bubbles and can travel along the wall and mostly pull herself out. Susan is a “Monkey, [...]

• giveaway, things that must go

  Things That Must Go (and a Warm Biscuit Giveaway!)

  06.27.08 | Permalink | 22 Comments

  The good news is that Warm Biscuit is sponsoring this weekend’s Things That Must Go Giveaway by offering a $50 gift certificate. It’s a good thing I don’t like to shop or sigh over cute stuff when I’m already over-budget for the month year, because I haven’t had this much fun browsing through an online store [...]

• Sally, Spot, Susan

  Because I don’t have any wild mustangs handy

  06.23.08 | Permalink | 16 Comments

  And also because my ovaries tell me that these are the cutest kids ever to walk the planet. Of course, my ovaries are not to be trusted, but I think if I had ever been this beautiful, my life would have turned out much different. I would be Queen of Lichtenstein by now, at the [...]

• summer

  Ah, Summer: Girls with Guns, Excessive Wearing of Sunglasses, Booze

  06.11.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  I know a lot of you are experiencing hot, violent weather. Here in the Olympic Peninsula of Utah, we’ve got snow on the mountains and just enough sun to cast a shadow. This wet, green early summer reminds me of the last time we were not in a drought by June 1st. That would be [...]

• works for me

  Recipe for a Happy Summer, and some encouragement for Hillary

  06.03.08 | Permalink | 12 Comments

  Sally’s school year is dragging on endlessly, which is fine with me. We’ve been house-hunting for months, but now that the weather is fine, my requirements have changed from 1) good neighborhood, 2) open floorplan, and 3) four bedrooms to 1) fenced-in yard, 2) fenced-in yard, and 3) fenced-in yard. In fact, since even with [...]

• Susan

  Ready for summer

  05.29.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Or babywearing. Either way. Because the way Utah weather is going right now, motherhood might come for Susan before summer does. Subscribe to What About Mom

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