Got one of those pop-up kiddie tents? You know, the spring-loaded kind that practically sets itself up, but incites all sorts of murderous thoughts in you as you try to wrestle it down and get it stowed away again? When you do get it flattened out, don’t let go or it’ll spring [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Works For Me: Taming the savage tent
Posted in Family on April 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Do you know? The facts about HIV
Posted in Adoption, Family, Healthy Living, Window On The World, tagged Adoption, Ethiopia, HIV on April 29, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I have a friend named Erin whose family looks a lot like mine: a mix of adopted African and Asian kids along with several kids born to her. One difference, however, is that two of her precious Ethiopian children, Belane and Solomon, are HIV+. She asked readers of her blog to share these [...]
Why am I humming “I got you, babe” and thinking about smashing my alarm clock
Posted in Family, Parenthood on April 29, 2008 | 32 Comments »
I happen to be one of those wierdos descriminating movie viewers who has watched the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray at least half a dozen times. After a particularly frustrating day of parenthood last week, I realized that there are a number of similarities between the movie and parenthood. When [...]
3 ways to save money on food (Because I had so much more to say!)
Posted in Frugality, Saving Money on April 27, 2008 | 17 Comments »
I’m still trying to get over the whole CNN interview thing. It was surreal to be sitting there in the van at a soccer game clutching my cell phone to my hot cheek answering questions live on CNN. I was prepared for the time to be brief– I think it was all over [...]
Song of Solomon 2:11-12
Frugal Cooking Carnival (updated)
Posted in Frugality, Recipes, Saving Money, tagged cheap recipes, cooking, food, frugal food, Saving Money on April 25, 2008 | 60 Comments »
Welcome to the Frugal Cooking Carnival! I hope you’re all set to share three days worth of menus, costs, pictures, and recipes. Guidelines can be found here. But even the recipes from one or two meals will be helpful, so please participate at whatever level you feel able. Before I [...]
Book giveaway winner. And CNN.
Posted in Fun & Games on April 25, 2008 | 16 Comments »
It is not too often that I toss out so many posts in one day, but this has turned out to be an interesting day. First I wanted to announce the winner of the book “A Mother’s Heart Knows“– Lainey of Blog in My Eye.
Second, CNN has also been writing about rising [...]
West African Peanut Chicken
Posted in Family on April 24, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This is my tweak on a recipe from the Congo Cookbook. According to their recipe, homemade peanut butter is often used. If you’d like to do it that way, you can grind your own at the grocery store, or whirl some roasted peanuts in your food processor if you happen to have them. [...]
Chicken Enchiladas (double batch)
Posted in Frugality, Recipes, tagged enchiladas, food, Recipes on April 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
( This is just one recipe in my Frugal Cookin’ Carnival
Click on the above link to see what else I cooked during my three days.)
Chicken Enchiladas
This recipe is a favorite at our house. It is sooooo easy to make a second one to freeze while you are at it that I went ahead and [...]
Gearing up?
Posted in Family on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Frugal cooking carnival tomorrow! Here’s a preview of my food!
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I'm Mary, wife to John, and mom to 10 kids ages 3-20. Six of them were adopted, from Ethiopia and Korea. I spend my days applying Bandaids, reminding kids to use their inside voices, persuading kids fractions are useful, cooking spicy ethnic food, and snapping gig after gig of pictures. Very late at night, I write about it all.
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