the review: fairy sticks
the review: fairy sticks

I’m a fan of pop tarts. I know, I know. Total garbage and I shouldn’t even admit in public that I like them, but pop tarts are happy childhood food to me. That’s not to say that I ate them non-stop during my childhood, oh no. My mom was pretty consistent with the no sugar rule, especially when it came to breakfast foods. It’s cool, though, I don’t need therapy or anything. At least not for that. Anyway, I let my kids have way more sugar than I should. Even I wouldn’t let them eat pop tarts for breakfast. Let’s call it a dessert, shall we? But when I saw these cute little mini pop tarts on Pinterest, I had to make them.

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on twitter and taking time off
on twitter and taking time off

I participate in a weekly twitter chat with a bunch of other bloggers called #AltChat. This week’s topic was avoiding creative burnout and began with a discussion of the well-known John Lennon quote: “Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.” After a few minutes of chat between participants, new questions are asked https://twitter.com/altsummit . Last week’s questions were about wasting time, relaxing, taking time off, and favorite summer activities.  The last question was perhaps the best: What can you do this week to waste a little time in a healthy way?

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dressing for the grocery store: the princess collection
dressing for the grocery store: the princess collection

A week or so ago, we were in the local five and dime (what do you even call that now? the discount store? the junk shop?), when my youngest daughter pulled out the total screamer. We were in the toy section so that Gus could pick out a toy for (FINALLY) completing his clean-up chart. Théa had finished her chart two weeks prior – a lifetime ago to a four year old – and did not understand why Gus was the only one who could pick something out. The dialog went something like this:

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the weekly craft update: weeks of july 7 and july 14
the weekly craft update: weeks of july 7 and july 14

I’m telling you. I can’t keep up at this pace. How do these fancy bloggers do it? I mean, if I can remember to take a shower some days, I am totally proud of myself. Remember how I said that I was going to slow down this summer? I'm still working on that. I really do want to do crafty things, though, especially with the kids. When we last left off, we had experienced a complete and total craft fail attempting to make bouncy balls.

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project life catch-up: weeks of june 1, 8, 16, and 23
project life catch-up: weeks of june 1, 8, 16, and 23

Yes, that’s right, June! Do you know what that means? It means that I managed to stay relatively caught up for the month thanks to the June Studio Calico Project Life kit. Wait, you wanted to see March, April, and May? Ha! I didn’t say that I was totally caught up. Even though I am not fully thrilled with my layouts for June, they are done. Yippee! And let’s be honest, the not thrilled part is totally on account of me not putting in the effort rather than me not loving the goodies I received in the mail.

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pizza dough two ways
pizza dough two ways

I may have mentioned that the teenagers are eating me out of house and home. Not just my kids, but their friends too. I have been to Costco (my favorite place in the universe for those who know me, I mean I just look at the industrial size mayonnaise and want to dive in) twice in as many weeks. I can’t keep food in my refrigerator or pantry. I go to cook something and the ingredients are gone. Oh, you needed that? Sorry, I was hungry. So in an attempt to load up the snack bins, I got out the stand mixer last week and rocked out some pizza dough.

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kids, lagniappe, reviewsadrienne robideauxpizza, snacks, kids, breakfastComment