Archive for October, 2010

If you think you can’t cook, buy a Crock-Pot (and then make this).

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

Think about it: have you ever had a home-cooked Crock-Pot meal that wasn’t absolutely deli­cious? Okay, maybe that ques­tion is a lit­tle extreme. I mean, it’s not like I’ve kept a run­ning record or any­thing, but to my rec­ol­lec­tion, I’ve never had a bad Crock-Pot meal. And the great­est thing about Crock-Pot meals is that they are so easy! How […]

My kid plays with trash (but it’s so cute).

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Cora has taken her love for “non-toys” from tag hunt­ing to a whole new level… I don’t know if it’s the excite­ment of get­ting into things that clearly aren’t meant for her, or if it’s sim­ply the draw of some­thing new, but Cora loves trash. Before your mind goes wild: I don’t mean nasty, already-in-the-trashcan trash. (What kind of […]

Good as new.

Monday, October 4th, 2010

After Matt and I were mar­ried, we each brought a few selected pieces of fur­ni­ture with us into our new home together. For some crazy rea­son, I chose to bring an odd-colored, oak shelv­ing unit (orig­i­nally intended for use in a bath­room) that I had bought to dis­play all of my Dis­ney trin­kets in my old room (I col­lect Belle […]

My Two Cents: On Shopping Cart Returns

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

In a Nut­shell: Use them! The Thought Process: To be hon­est, I don’t think a thought process behind return­ing a shop­ping cart to a shop­ping cart return is really nec­es­sary. Seems kind of sim­ple to me. I mean, when you are done using some­thing at home—a cup, a blan­ket, the iron—do you leave it the last place you used it… or do […]