Yesterday, I decided to make the Taco Time recipe from the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook (get your copy here). I’ll admit, I was a bit skeptical. What(more…)
Trim Tacos
Master of Royal Icing & Sugar Cookies
For Madeleine’s Emoji birthday party, I set out to make roll-out sugar cookies with royal icing. After some trial and error, I got the hang(more…)
The ridiculous cycle of perfectionism
I like things to be perfect. Which sounds nice, right? Except in my day-to-day life, that desire for perfection can look like this: + I(more…)
Baby Stepping it to my Word of the Year
Ladies and gentlemen, I have selected a word of the year! It’s kind of like Pantone’s Color of the Year but with zero fanfare and(more…)
New Year of Freedom for this Hot Mess Mom
You might be able to tell from the title that I’m not really a New Year’s Resolutions kind of gal. But I do love a good(more…)
Non-Prescription Flu Remedies
On the Friday before Christmas break, EIGHT children were absent from Madeleine’s kindergarten class, three with confirmed cases of the flu. So when Madeleine walked(more…)
Gingersnaps Recipe for roll-out and drop cookies
I discovered this recipe in Sunset magazine 8 years ago. They did a special issue all about holiday cookies and I just happened to try this(more…)
DIY – Create custom box from shirt box
At some point I amassed a collection of large shirt boxes, which are generally too big for the gifts I’m giving. Which means I’d end(more…)
Subtropical Snow Day
Contrary to popular belief, it does snow in Texas. But not usually in subtropical Houston! Much less actually stick to the ground as proof that(more…)
Last-Minute Pizza Sauce
Friday nights at our house are Pizza and Movie Night. And this past Friday, when I got ready to assemble the pizzas, I realized I(more…)
