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I have decided to give up two behaviors in addition to my sugar. I'm going to try to not speak in anger to anyone and also refrain from impulse purchases of any kind. I have been doing far too much snapping at the kids g…
Yesterday I finally made those meyer lemon madelines I'd been talking about for so long. Yum. Never made madelines before but, I have to say (particularly for those drawn to the idea but, quickly intimidated) that it was…
Yesterday was my birthday and my birthday was decadent. No other word for it. A made me steamed mussels and artichokes (which he can cook far better than me, thank heaven!) and smuggled some miniature red velvet cupcakes…
Had another fabulous cooking lesson with Protege. She's coming along nicely, feeling more confident about her ability to figure things out, and manage some of the basic skills from memory. I am doing more letting her sai…
Baking Day with my new cooking student went super well yesterday. We got flour everywhere. We also managed to turn out: an apple pie, a black raspberry cobbler, and a carrot cake. Whew! I made the carrot cake on my own i…
One more day of cleaning. I'm down to the really nitty gritty, slow jobs, scrubbing and scrubbing and scrubbing. The part where I must where rubber gloves or else my hands turned into chapped, withered apple red shadows …
Boston was lovely! We had a royal tour of the city...took a whale cruise (incredible) and generally partied till our sinuses started to complain. By the time we headed home on Tuesday afternoon A and I were heavy lidded…
You would think that blogging might help me be aware of the date and the day of the week and all that sort of thing. Strange, I know, but, I never really noticed that this information is at the top of each post. I think …
I didn't get sick. And this morning I feel fine. I think it must have just been a little lingering pork hangover. I react to pork sometimes. I get horrendous headaches and feel a little sick to my stomach. Weird, I know.…
Did I write letters, make phone calls and answer emails yesterday? No. We had a Screaming Day instead. Ru and G took turns sobbing irrationally and alternately all day long....and then A went out with friends instead of …

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