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End of the month list update: March & April

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The year is one-third over and I feel like it just started. How is it May tomorrow already? Yeesh. At any rate, I never did an update for March, so here are the last two months worth of list items I crossed off or worked on or whatever. I’ll be honest: I’m feeling a bit discouraged because the list is… View Post

Mila Monday: One Hundred & Two Weeks

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I really feel like I need to change the way I title these posts, since it’s getting a little confusing. Mila is 100 weeks old today (which we are celebrating by making yet another cake because I’m predictable like that) and Margot is 2 weeks old. I suppose I could do two separate posts each Monday, one for Mila and… View Post

Svithe: We prayed. It helped.

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So grateful that, in a moment when my own terror and panic was obviously scaring Mila, I was prompted to pray with her. So grateful that she knows what prayer is, and that going through those motions calmed both of us. So grateful that our prayer was answered. * I’m sorry to be cryptic, but the details are all part… View Post

Cake #11: Butterscotch Cream

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A few months ago I bought a recipe book on a whim: Vintage Cakes by Julie Richardson. I’m not usually one to purchase cook books, since I never end up using them for more than one or two recipes, but this one had enough general baking tips and enough gorgeous looking cakes in it that I felt pretty confident that… View Post

Stuff David Has Said

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As we drive past a Texas Roadhouse…   Me: “I’ve never eaten at a Texas Roadhouse.” Him: “It’s kind of like Outback but with more burgers. Or like Applebee’s with more steak. Which is essentially the same thing.” * Telling me about the ’90’s slow jams blasting while he was working in a different part of the building than he… View Post