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What I learned from a cooking class (that has nothing to do with food)
Recently, I signed up for a Thai cooking class hosted at a friend’s house. I needed a break from the routine, not to mention Thai takeout was taking out a sizeable chunk of our budget. So I figured, “Why not?”
Fifteen moms gathered at a friend’s place. More precisely, fifteen white moms being taught Thai cooking by ...
Warning: Birthday Party Ahead
The things we do for our offspring.
Like last morning, I sloshed my way through an Oregon downpour for the sole purpose of buying a Hot Wheels track for the kid's friend's birthday party. It was after my workout - I was in my sweats, my eyeliner had streaked down my face and I smelled like a bouquet of ...
What Happens in Vegas…
Stays in Vegas. And thank heavens for that.
Because for the last eight days the husband has been in the the sin city - for giant tech conference.
Yawn.
Yeah, I'd rather not hear the sordid details about the next best thing in security platform innovation. Umm... if that's even a thing.
Two things the man did apprise me of:
1) He earned his ...
11 Reasons Why Winter is Not All Woe
Brian Williams' puppy-dog eyebrows furrow further as as the mercury plunges. He announces the arrival of winter in apocalyptic, gloom-and-doom tones on the evening news. You'd think we're all stuck in a permanent Fargo.
Winter, I believe, has an unfairly bad rap.
Admittedly, I'm spoiled by living in a snow-shovel-free zone of the Pacific Northwest, so the list is ...
Free, Fab, FOB Christmas Art Project
If you told me last week I'd be blogging about an art project created by moi, I would have snickered. I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, crafty (neither in the conniving sense, nor like a sweet, old lady with knitting needles)
But when you combine the need to make your fireplace mantle look Christmasy with the budget of ...
Aaarrgghh!
Dear Mr Woodpecker,
I'm known to be a soft-spoken, friendly person. Ask anyone - except my kids and my immediate family - and they'll tell you that I'm patient, even mellow. But you are revealing a rather sinister and scarily violent side of my personality. I kinda want to punch your beak.
Don't start calling your lawyer ...
5 Kitchen Hacks That Are Guaranteed…
...to not blow your mind, but are eminently do-able.
Yeah, I fall for those internet baits too - the "8 Ways to Blah, Blah," the "You'll Never Guess What Happens Next..." ploy, or anything with the word "hack" in it.
But you'll use at least one of my 4.5 tricks more often than the cutting-a-watermelon YouTube hack that has a bazillion views. You ...
16 Things Every New Parent Will Discover
Last week, the husband's brother and wife (to clarify, his brother's wife!) had a precious baby girl. She's far away in India and while we wish we could squish her and eat her cheeks up, we have little choice but to be content with Skype chats and pictures.
Huberoo has been dispensing free advice to the newly-minted parents - fulfilling ...
Captain Scrubs and the Dreaded Appointment
You know that feeling of exhilaration and pure, unbridled joy when you have an annual health check coming up?
Yeah, me neither.
This year was no different. Three days before the check up I went on my "yikes, what will the doctor think!" diet. Somehow that didn't quite work. I was five pounds heavier than last year - despite ...
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