As I get back into cooking, I’m struck by what tools make the process easy for me. Here are a few things I’ve been relying on lately. Slow-cooker I use...
House and Home
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10 Things I Found in My Closet
This week’s Monday Listicles asks us to share 10 things from our closets. Ta da! A pile of clothes to be donated. An empty shoebox. A shoebox with unworn crosstrainers....
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The Rich Are Different
I was reading this Expatria, Baby post about the flooding in Jakarta. We used to live in a crappy apartment. How crappy? For four and a half of the five...
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Parenting: Reality Check
I’m thrilled to be a featured writer at Studio30 Plus! I’m writing about one of the ways my real-world parenting has diverged from my theoretical, pre-Baguette parenting–and how maybe, just...
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Update: We Have Heat!
This update is very out of date; we’ve had heat for about 6 weeks. But then there were the holidays, and Baguette got sick, and I got sick, and then...
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Monday Listicles: 10 Things I Learned in 2012
Life is one big learning experience. And if all of life isn’t (but it is), parenting sure is. This week’s Monday Listicles is about 10 things I’ve learned this year....
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Update: So, About That Heater
It’s been red-tagged. That means it’s not just stupid to use it (carbon monoxide poisoning, I’m looking at you), but illegal. We’ve gotten one estimate on replacement and are trying...
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Thankful Thursday: Climate
Our heater is out, and after Mr. Sandwich replaced the old thermostat with the new one, it turned out that (a) we’ll need to paint the hallway, and (b) the...
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True Lies
This week’s Monday Listicles is 9 Made-Up Facts and 1 True Fact. So let’s give it a shot. 1) I have three sisters, none of whom live in the same...
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5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around
8 Cute and Refreshingly Non-Slutty Ladies Costumes on Unreality Magazine For those times when Halloween makes you despair. Don’t despair! Monty Python Ministry of Silly Walks Clock on Laughing Squid...