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The third Thanksgiving

…Of the year is finally over and done and now we can come out from hiding and admit our tree has been up since over a week ago. I am already regretting it just a little bit because P is OBSESSED with all things Christmas and I’m hoping there won’t be a burnout effect before December even arrives!  Ha.  We have already gone to the library for a few different rounds of holiday books because our two options at home have long since reached their reading saturation point for mama and dada (he wouldn’t object to the same… Read more >

The weekly menu

I’ll keep this short and sweet since the real eating is going down tomorrow.  We had our second Thanksgiving this past weekend and it just made me even more appreciative of the life we have here in Davis.  Our friends are fun and the kiddie chaos was all kinds of cute.  Plus, the food was legit. Here’s my bestie the hostess. [My misspelling just autocorrected that to hottest.  Ha] You can only see half of the food in the above photo but here’s my plate… Good stuff!  Our friends are (beyond words) amazing with their… Read more >

Hippie hygiene musings

A few years ago I switched from face lotion to plain old oil.  I have used coconut, jojoba, and kukui (and maybe others I can’t recall).  I have always loved Caribbean Sol’s products, although you can get coconut oil everywhere these days.  Then my MD gave me crap (rightfully so) for not using something with spf.  So now I use oils in winter and something with spf the rest of the year when I’m actually in the sun for longer than parking lot walks. I previously blogged about block island’s sunscreen because it’s totally awesome.  And now they are diversifying… Read more >

The weekly menu

Hey guess what is finally gone? YUP.  I ate an entire tin of bark (by myself) in under a week.  I’m guessing it was 4+ pounds of chocolate.  Should I be proud of this or mortified?  The worst part is that I actually considered going back to WF and getting another when this one was donezo.  WTF is wrong with me?  I need to only order chocolate from Thrive so I can keep myself in check.  Oh, and while we are on the topic of my habits that I should probably get a hold on… Read more >

Deep dish polenta casserole

I have a limited rotation of breakfasts that I make for Kyle, usually strata or coffee cake (with days of cereal in between if I can’t get my act together in time).  It’s because those are the easiest things to make and then last a while which streamlines mornings for us all. But then this idea came to me when we had all the ingredients for a strata but no bread.  Polenta!  And to make it last a while, why not make it in a big baking dish?  YES.  YES YES YES.  And it was so… Read more >