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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 this at least once a week. While I can’t count… Read moreKitchen Tools I’m Loving
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. A backpack filled with emergency supplies. Another backpack filled with… Read more10 Things I Found in My Closet
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 years we lived there, we had almost no cold water… Read moreThe Rich Are Different
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 maybe, the two are getting closer: I used to imagine… Read moreParenting: Reality Check
This update is very out of date; we’ve had heat for about 6 weeks.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 work started, and that’s just how it goes. So, here’s… Read moreUpdate: We Have Heat!
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. Here we go: 1) I can carry a 27-pound child… Read moreMonday Listicles: 10 Things I Learned in 2012
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 to get some more–although given that we’re approaching the holidays,… Read moreUpdate: So, About That Heater
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 problem was [drumroll please!] not the thermostat! So now we… Read moreThankful Thursday: Climate
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 state. 2) I love to see the sunrise. 3) I… Read moreTrue Lies
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 Tick, tock, silly walks. Small is cool on Miss Moss… Read more5 Things I Found While I Was Looking Around