Best Beginner Cookbook

by | Jan 31, 2010 | for Body, for Home

For Christmas this year I got the best basic cookbook on the market along with a wonderful holiday cookbook from my husband. Our kids also got a great Christmas surprise this year with Betty Crocker Cooking Basics: Recipes and Tips to Cook with Confidence. This...

Best Holiday Cookbook

by | Jan 27, 2010 | for Body, for Fun

I love holidays and I love traditions…almost to the point of a mental disorder. In spite of this malady, Sam indulged me this Christmas with the gorgeous Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook. This hardcover book is laden with beautiful photography. (Oh, yes, chocolate can...

Best Basic Cookbook

by | Jan 22, 2010 | for Body, for Home

One of the most-used gifts from our wedding in 1985 (read that: big hair and enormous sleeves) was our 1982 edition of the Betty Crocker Cookbook. The fact that neither of us is much good in the kitchen notwithstanding, this excellent collection of recipes and cooking...

Another Construction Delay

by | Jan 15, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home

This is not my happy face. After learning about our first construction delay due to a rental issue, we confirmed that the panels would be delivered on January 25. The plan was that the panel company would install the basement while teaching our builder the system, so...

Outdoor Storage Sheds

by | Jan 12, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home

Our first “home” after graduating from college was a small townhouse in Boca Raton, Florida. Sam was a newly anointed professor at a university and I was the stay-at-home mom of two little girls. And we had a little patch of lawn and a tiny garden space...