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I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday weekend! We are home in order to prepare for back to school on Tuesday. Yesterday, we went to a really fun birthday at the Goochland Fire Station. Here are a couple pictures that the host was kind enough to share with me. Camille starts kindergarten on Tuesday and says she is excited so we will see how that goes! I am definitely that crazy mom and have over analyzed everything for this sweet girl. Here goes with this week's menu planner.... Sunday - Tilapia Piccata , Wild Rice, Squash & Zucchini Saute Monday - Ribs, Corn on the Cob, Baked Beans Tuesday - Zatarain's Jambalaya mix with turkey kielbasa and chicken, Salad Wednesday - Enchilada Lasagne Thursday - Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes , French Fries

If you're one of the four hardy souls who visit this abandoned dump on a regular basis, I can only assume you're suffering from Alzheimer's. Only someone without a memory could keep returning to read the same post day after day without update. If that's you, you've already read this yesterday. Now I can't even remember why I started this obnoxious site. I recall getting a little annoyed with BS real estate media reports. Something that may have been noticeable at one time or another. Initially, I had nothing more than mild contempt for the media. It has grown. It was fun for a while. People talked on forums. Came to visit. Occasionally left a comment. Even babes writing for respectable publications referenced me in their work. The impact had some Tasmanian media peeps actually being more measured in their spruiking. And fewer real estate goons were prepared to take ice-cold stats and pimp them in the media as scorching hot. Someone was watching. But why did it a...

We have just spent 10 days away from home! It was the best but I am tired today. Back to reality tomorrow...our final week of summer before school starts. I have mixed emotions because we have a big milestone coming up...Camille starts kindergarten. I can't believe it and I am a little anxious about the transition. And I am not sure I am ready for summer to end. We have had such a great one...Camille and Clyde have been so much fun this summer and we done so many wonderful things. Here are some highlights from our week away. Two Fridays ago, we dropped Camille and Clyde with Michael's parents (Neena and Moe) and then went with friends to Wintergreen for two nights. It was unseasonably cool which was great and we had probably a little too much fun as evidenced by the picture below. Meanwhile, Neena and Moe took Camille and Clyde to a sleepover at the Aquarium which they loved! How is that for fun grandparents! Sunday, Michael and I drove from Wintergreen to Sandbridge and we sta...

I cook a lot! I feels like I am always in the kitchen preparing something for someone. Here is a round up of my favorite, can't live without, kitchen gadgets! My mother in law gave me this for Christmas and I love it. I use it to puree veggies for my muffins, make smoothies and sauces.  Cuisinart Mini Prep Chopper I use this pan probably every single day!  Calphalon Nonstick 12 Inch Omelette Pan My friend Erica gave me the  Williams Sonoma Spoonula  as a wedding shower gift. It is the best and I use it to brown ground turkey and saute veggies in my nonstick skillet . I have a pink one!  As a wedding gift, a good friend of my moms gave me some of her favorite kitchen gadgets. This was one of them and I use it often for juicing lemons.  OXO Good Grips Wooden Reamer This was another one of her favorite gadgets and I use it for lemon zest or grating ginger.  Microplane 40020 Classic Zester/Grater So many recipes I come across call for minced garlic. I use...

Last year, I started created picture pages for each one of Camille & Clyde's birthday! Here is Camille's for this year. See other posts here , here and here . 

My kids are picky eaters! Camille is better than Clyde who will not touch a fruit or vegetable. But he does like muffins...cold out of the freezer. Whatever floats your boat, right? Over the years, I have made quite a few muffin recipes sneaking in veggies here and there. There were carrot cake and zucchini bread and banana muffin recipes. I decided to combine and make a recipe with all three! Here goes with what I call Hidden Goodness Muffins. Hidden Goodness Muffins 1/2 Cup Carrot Puree (2 medium carrots) 1/2 Cup Zucchini Puree (1 medium zucchini) 1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour 3/4 Cup All Purpose Flour 1 Tsp Baking Soda 1 Tsp Salt 1/2 Cup (1 Stick) Unsalted Butter, Room Tempature 1/3 Cup Granulated Sugar 1/3 Cup Light Brown Sugar 2 Large Eggs 2 Ripe Bananas 1 Tsp Vanilla Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin pan with paper liners. Steam carrots for 8-10 minutes or until soft.  Reserve water from steamed carrots. Puree carrots in a food    processor adding 2-3 Tbsp of ...

Camille and I have been out shopping on numerous occasions for Back to School clothes. Last Friday, my mom took my sisters, nieces and Camille and me out shopping and generously bought her a few items. My mother-in-law got Camille the adorable raincoat for her birthday!  Here is a round up of some of my favorite items we picked up.  1. Reebok Realflex Transition  2. Striped HeartTank  3. Floral Jeggings  4. Colorblock Dress with Orange 5. Pink Ballet Flat  6. Colorblock Dress  7. Blingy Striped Top   8. Jeggings  9. Raincoat Click here for Back to School: Clyde's Edition.