by Mary Carver | Oct 22, 2011 | Home Life, recipes & food
Oh. My. Word. I have found my new favorite dip. (And you know I love a lot of dips.) This jalapeno popper dip I found on Real Mom Kitchen is cheesy, salty and a little bit spicy. In short, it’s everything I love in a dip (and, let’s be honest, food in...
by Mary Carver | Oct 21, 2011 | Family Life, Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life
Edited to add: I actually wrote this post before getting ugly, itchy poison ivy all over my face (and other parts, ahem!). Clearly I needed a reminder that my appearance is not the most important thing in the world! I actually forgot that I had this post scheduled...
by Mary Carver | Oct 17, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Thanks to the wonderful world of Pinterest, I have developed a burning desire to make donuts this fall. Apple donuts. Pumpkin donuts. Chocolate donuts. I mean – Donuts! Who makes their own donuts? Clearly, a lot of people. Because they are all over the...
by Mary Carver | Oct 11, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life
I’ve been planning Annalyn’s birthday parties for quite a while now. Since the week before last year’s Veggie Tales party, she’s been telling me she wanted a Dora party. I think it’s great that Dora teaches kids Spanish and how to read a...
by Mary Carver | Oct 10, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
I’ve mentioned a time or twenty that I love brownies made from a box mix. And though I’ve been making more and more food from scratch over the past year, this is one thing I refuse to budge on. Box mix brownies are simply delicious. However, I’m not...
by Mary Carver | Oct 3, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
Sometimes it’s really hard to get a good photo of a dish – even when the dish turned out perfectly! This is one of those dishes. I’ve made it twice now – and taken photos twice. And I probably would have tried a third time before posting, but I...
