when a few minutes is all you have
With five children, four of them teenagers (3 big boys), feeding this crew dinner, and actually filling their bellies so they aren’t reaching for a cereal bowl at 10pm, is a full time job. Rarely does it work (the not reaching for cereal part), so I have kind of given up on that, but one [...]
Jostling around, I worked the room. Yes, with new born babe carefully snuggled on my back, a cheese grater in hand, and a Pampered Chef Round baking stone underneath me, I shared with ladies far and near my love of all things “Rings.” No, not diamonds, even though I hear they are a girl’s best [...]
Long before that Extreme Couponing show came into existence, I have been a couponer – a Realistic Couponer. One who uses that kind of food savings to benefit my family, but not one that goes overboard. With five children, four of them teenagers, it’s important for me to stay on top of my Grocery Guru [...]
It was 6:15 o’clock last night, and I had no plans for dinner. I looked at the clock and panicked. Time had slipped by in a flurry of “What in the world. It was just 2:00. Where did the afternoon go?” By 6:25, this epitome of all comfort foods dish was heating in the oven. [...]
This has been a week on the run, and our three teen boys have been mumbling about the fact that it’s quite impossible for them to gain weight (so not fair) when there’s nothing to eat. Now, lest you think I let them get away with that, no, I do not. Those comments were quickly [...]
