 So here it is as promised: The Best Garlic Press in the World. Pressing whole cloves of garlic with ease is no longer an unattainable dream for the many weak-fisted people of the world. Caitlin, I thought you could put Freyja to the task now– she’s like, what? 8 months old? I hope she’s a trust-fund baby [...]  Who doesn’t love to have a professional pick out their makeup for them? Better yet, how about if they try it on you and make sure it looks good? To top it all of, what if you walk out the door with a new trick you learned to make your eyes look bigger, your lashes longer, and your sight [...] 
Space Needle from Volunteer Park
A very fun French restaurant we ate at called Olivars This was Michelle's meal which I think was the best. She got scallops in a parsley sauce. The sauce was light and a perfect compliment to the scallops. Eric on the other had got some kind of blood [...] Freyja takes UV protections seriously. Seattlites have a little trouble containing their joy on one of those rare occasions that the sun breaks through the almost ever-present cloud cover and we all get a pathetic percentage of our required dose of vitamin D. People greet one another, they walk with a little spring in their step, and [...]
“One afternoon at the playground last summer, shortly after the birth of my third child, I made the mistake of idly musing about breast-feeding to a group of new mothers I’d just met. This time around, I said, I was considering cutting it off after a month or so. At this remark, the air of [...] 
Laziness in parenting can creep in just the same as laziness creeps into any other area of our lives; you slowly taper off from doing right and there you go down that slippery slope. Like a bell curve, you suddenly look around and see you are on the downward slide of the curve and the [...]  Me: “boy, I shoud really do my taxes.” This was a good two weeks before the day that you absolutely must have your taxes done though, and it was a Friday night, so of course they didn’t get done. Unless you consider going to H&R Block online, signing in, and putting my name and address [...] Easter eggs
Anwyn holding one of her masterpieces
Marinading the leg of lamb
Eric found a Chianti to go with the lamb which was very good
Garlic rosemary potatoes
I used five pounds of strawberries in a tart and the four of us managed to eat all of [...] This past week we went with Tim’s family to South Carolina, spent a week in Myrtle Beach, dove home on Saturday, and then surprised them by showing up in Lancaster for Easter. Ahh… the lovely Bible Belt! We played tennis morning, noon, night, and in the middle of a tornado watch. #82– our home for [...] This photo from Vanity Fair hangs on my cork board….. in my bedroom. Zac indulged me and let me keep it there for a week. “I love Country music.” If I say this out loud, people usually hide a grimace and say with a weak tone of hope in their voice, ”You mean the good, old-fashioned, blue grass stuff [...] Twenty-nine years ago yesterday Andrew and I were married in Rice County in a very small town in Kansas called Sterling. Our wedding was an incredibly simple affair that we managed to put together in about one week. One thing after another just fell into place. There was one date available on the church calendar [...] We’ve been up in Lancaster almost every weekend recently, Tim working on the apartments he owns up there and me helping when I can. This past weekend he was at the apartment building showing it for an open house before it goes up for auction, and I went to another auction with my mother-in-law, Cindy. Before I moved to the East Coast, [...] Lots of choices. At the end of a cold windy day of shopping today, Michelle, Joey, Freyja and I, stopped in at Vital T-Leaf, on First Avenue.
I figured we’d grab some tea, maybe sniff a couple in [...]
I arranged about 40 dozen roses for a spring wedding about a week ago
I also used tulips which were perfect for this time of year. I'm always excited to work with all the different flowers and colors. I'm so excited for spring. Here is my fireplace ready for spring. [...]
Meghan, Caitlin, Aileen, Erin and Taite
As a mother of five daughters, we have dealt extensively with the issue of modesty. We have had, over the years, people who think they need to comment on our daughters’ dress in a critical way. People who have taken it upon themselves to tell them they think their [...] Pleasant little Moscow surprise yesterday morning! “I’m cold.” I can’t begin to count the number of times these words pass from my lips every single day. Not only does it seem like I was born with a broken internal thermometer, I also made the great decision to move to Moscow, ID, where it has snowed every [...] Sunny skies and 80 degrees. Our trip started out as most do, bleary eyed, in the early morning at the Sea-Tac airport. Only difference was that Zac kept singing the words “viva las vegas” in his Elvis voice. Here are few shots of things that stood out in the entertainment capitol of the world . And no, I’m not [...]
It’s Cherry Blossom Festival time in the Capitol and the city is particularly beautiful right now. As I ride the bus in the morning, I pass Union Station, the Capitol, the Smithsonian buildings, the Washington Monument, the White House. I look toward the Oval Office and think to myself, “Most people travel from around the country and the world to see [...] |
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