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little red riding hood updated

March 26th, 2009

This is making it’s way around the internets, but considering most of my friends have small kiddos and shorter rss feed lists than mine, it warranted a reposting.

microwaves may be eco-friendly

March 26th, 2009

There’s an interesting article in Slate about how for certain meals, your microwave may be more environmentally friendly than your oven or stove top. I don’t find this groundbreaking, much of this is obvious, but it is interesting to see the numbers.

wonderful children’s books

March 26th, 2009

You may already be familiar with Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket. If you aren’t, and you’ve got 7 year olds to read to, check out The Series of Unfortunate Events. Snicket has a new book on the shelves these days. This one is more of a performance. He has teamed up with a composer to […]

my two favorite things: cooking and stitching

March 26th, 2009

Somehow, the cosmos aligned bringing me all sorts of wonderful things on my birthday. Some of those things were presents – a gift certificate for Anthropologie, my favorite store now that thrift stores are inconvenient (kids); a starter sewing kit, which considering I’ve been sewing just about all my life seems like a funny thing […]

she swings a mean right hook

March 25th, 2009

you wouldn’t know it from looking.

rocking the sideways ponytail

March 23rd, 2009

If the sugary awesomeness in that last post didn’t rot your brain, maybe this will work. The band is named Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head. The song – Sophisticated Side Ponytail. I love that they look 12. natalie portman’s shaved head – sophisticated side ponytail from thatgo on Vimeo.

captain awesome and other goodness

March 23rd, 2009

The Internets are alive with great things. Take this site, for instance, where you can make your own super hero. My alter ego, below: If you enjoyed that, here is a list of other sites your children will love and you will find amusing.

bloch for babies

March 23rd, 2009

Bloch, the company that made the ballet slippers we all wore to many a dance class, makes baby slippers. Wish I’d have known this months ago. Sylvie would have loved these.

asparagus soup and salsa kinda fresca

March 23rd, 2009

This is turning into a food blog with my recent lack of sewing and continuous eating. But so be it. Girl’s gotta eat. Our school had a fundraising function Saturday night for parents only, and as part of that I helped prep the food for the event. One of the moms passed along her secret, […]

Happy St Patrick’s Day

March 17th, 2009

From my little leprechaun –

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