I was in an airport last spring headed home from a conference. My colleague and I popped into a shop to grab a magazine, some snacks and a last minute happy to bring our kids before we waited at the gate for our flight. The "grabbing a magazine" ended up taking a long time, as … Continue reading Cream Cheese Brownies
Blueberry season has been a fun one in our household. We love them. We eat them like candy. Mostly because they have been tasting like candy! This summer we had the chance to go berry picking a couple of times and it was such fun! I didn't freeze any of … Continue reading Blueberries: Rustic Mini-Pies, Muffins and Ponderings on Perfectionism
I love how children shed light on things by questioning what we adults sometimes don't think to question. Like why is a hamburger called a "hamburger" instead of a "beefburger"? Or why is a "step parent" called a "step" parent? Or is he a 2nd cousin, or a cousin-in-law, or a cousin twice-removed, and why? Or why is coffee … Continue reading Raspberry Almond Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
Sometimes when I haven't gotten to talk to a friend for a while and we have lots of things to catch up on, I start a list before we get together of topics I don't want to forget to discuss. I don't know if you are like me when you start talking with people you … Continue reading My "Here Comes Summer " List
I have been depriving myself the fun of blogging the past few weeks as I have been in the thick of paper grading and semester-ending for school. It has been a discipline to stay away from the BLOG in order that I might focus all of my quiet, productive hours on grading the stacks and … Continue reading Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
I love Easter treats. Easter candy is my favorite holiday candy! It’s pretty and pastel and chocolatey too. Jelly beans, sweet tarts, chocolate bunnies, peeps, chicks and bunnies, Cadbury cream eggs, robin eggs (Whoppers but candy coated and speckled), chocolate dipped coconut and peanut butter eggs, just to name a few. The list goes on … Continue reading Easter Treats
Last week I found a list I had written about 6 months ago of “things to post on the blog”. I realized that I could mark most of them off of my list because I have since blogged about them. I had this moment of panic and thought, “Oh no, am I at the … Continue reading Banana Pudding
We have had a week of sickness around the Hunt house. Strangely, it has spanned the gamut from a migraine headache mom; to a stomach-nastiness-turned dry-coughing-at-night and runny-nose-in-the day girl; to a coughing-hacking-sniffling boy... and in my mind is swirling, "the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever..." NyQuil's classic ad. So, the comfort … Continue reading Sick Days: Soup, Vicks, Emergen-C and TLC
I am an avid list maker. I come by it honestly – we're a list-making family. It’s what we do – (though they vary in methodology and rigor). I always have multiple lists going. Sometimes, when my mom and I need to feel productive, we put things on our lists that we are already … Continue reading My Someday List & Oatmeal Raspberry Bars
My whole life my mom has reminded me of the golden rule – Do to others as you would have them do to you. Did you grow up with this as a mantra in your life? When I had girl drama with school friends as a teenager, I would be reminded to treat others in … Continue reading Guideposts for Life- applied to Coconut Chocolate Pie
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