Hello Friends! I have a recipe for you today. I know, it's been ages. But, I think that you will agree that this particular recipe was worth the wait! Lately, I've been wondering if it's possible to make a cookie/treat that is more healthy than "normal" but that does not become oddly textured or overly dry because of substitutions like applesauce or black beans for oils/butter in recipes (I've also seen zuccinni puree, recipes thatomit the fat entirely and other adventurous substitutions). The problem...
Hello DCDer's! How's your October been? We've been great, here in Alabama. 2 birthdays out of the way (Little Man is 1! I am older than 1!) and now on to Halloween! We are planning to take our Little Yoda around trick-or-treating on our street and I wanted him to have a treat-holder-thingy that he can carry by himself (Doing things BY HIMSELF is very important to Little Man these days) and all of the retail options I could find were either 1. Ugly or 2. Way to big for him to carry around. So, I decided t...
Photo credit: Palladinofarms.comOkay, so if you're going to attempt to convert an entire family's diet from conventional to organic and continue to attempt to eat roughly the same way, well, you'll either fail or spend unbelievable amounts of money.You CAN eat processed organic foods. They are quite tasty sure, but at twice the price of regular old conventional foods, well, that seems kind of silly.Instead, perhaps, if you're striving for simply MORE organic and less conventional, you'll have more succes...
From August 2011 Ezra enjoying gnawing toothlessly on an organic carrot stick. YUM. I can not tell a lie. Eating conventional foods is MUCH MUCH cheaper than eating their organic counterparts.I will not be going into WHY one should eat organic foods beyond this:. the facts are simple: our world is sick. Our children are sick. Autism rates are painfully high, allergies are terrifying real, asthma is plaguing people. People are obese and dying from it. Pesticides, herbicides, GMOs, antibiotics and hormo...
I'm deeply in love with Pinterest. The things I see on there! Mason jars are EVERYWHERE. And one of the coolest ones I saw was turning regular old clear glass into blue.So pretty.So I did it myself for some vases for a baby shower I'm hosting. From August 2011 From August 2011 From August 2011 It's not quite as smooth or as clear as I would like. I need to mess with my glue to water ratio. I did exactly as she said and mine are cloudier than hers.I'm thinking I'll wash them off one more tim...
From August 2011 So, the new school year is coming upon many of us. A fresh start. A blank slate. A new spiral bound notebook of possibilities. Okay, enough of that. I am a bit obsessed with goal-setting. New Year's Resolutions? Don't mind if I do! Birthday? Goals galore? New school year? Yes please! So, I've got a whole slew of goals to accomplish this year. Personal, for the kids and for our family. Do you? I mean, it can be as simple as, "Andrea will learn to tie her shoes this year!" ...
Hi Friends, can I still call you that? How are you? I'm fine, thanks...What would you say if I... um... started posting here again?You see, I've missed you, my diet coke diet friends. So much. My life is making more sense, and I found that I was posting A LOT of DCD-type material on my personal blog. Silly really. That's what THIS space is for.So, if you would be so kind, to um, read here again?I'll move some of my stuff over from The Ing Family just for you.Does that sound like a plan?I think that we co...
It's me. Morgan. How are you? How were your Christmas celebrations? Did you get a new Ipad? Hope not, cuz the next one comes out in like three months and it's got a video camera. How about that?Anyway, sorry. We're not here to discuss Ipads.I'm here to tell you I'm retiring. Okay, not really, but I am moving locales. See, I am finding that having 100 children is proving to be a bit like well, like the old woman who lived in the shoe, see? So, since I have so many children, I don't know what to do, and I ...
Hi all! So, I'm not fully "back" into the swing of things. Did you know that four kids is A LOT? Yes. It is.Anyway, because of our very very very new newbie + the stomach flu for the older three, it's been a little less than jolly around here. The baby is not so much the problem, he's kind of easy, and straightforward. Eat, sleep and poop, like all newborns. No, it's more the end of the semester for the husband (who not only is a PhD student but a professor as well, DOUBLE-WHAMMY!) and a leaky toilet cau...
