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  • Pizza Night

    Lily’s been wanting to make pizzas from scratch (based on an episode of Caillou) so we used up some of out tomatoes and garden herbs and invited the neighbors.  Hillary was at football game with a friend, so that night was a good opportunity for Lily to have something special to do.  I don’t think…

  • Paul Bunyan Land

    We spent Labor Day weekend at crow wing state park, near Brainerd, in a camper cabin to avoid dealing so much with rain and mosquitos. It turned out great! We did the kid version of fishing, hiking, canoeing, and camp fire cooking. On the way home we stopped in to see PB and his pal,…

  • Hillary’s first day in forth grade!

    MPS grades 1-12 started today. Start time at 7:15 is a big adjustment! Kids were excited to walk together for the first day, though Lily wanted to start today, too, so we spent the morning at the Y playing and swimming to keep her mind off the disappointment.

  • Evernote Test

    So, I’m trying out the Blogo client for WP.  I’ve always liked a thick client.  Blogo has a feature that you can save a draft in Evernote, edit there over time, and then pull it back in and publish it from Blogo.  This is the Evernote authoring workflow that I thought I wanted a long…

  • Socializing

    So, I went to a conference this week.  Turned out to be a really great one, but the way to ask questions was to tweet them to a hashtag.  I didn’t have a Twitter account.  Wasn’t sure I wanted to.  But I did want to ask questions. I did (and still do) think that I’ve got enough internet…

  • Horse Tails!

    Hillary’s Girl Scout troop went to Elk River for a horse grooming / riding lesson today. Lily tagged along and was able to participate with some help from Grandpa. The weather was about perfect, and everyone had a great time!

  • Kindergarten, here I come!

    Lily met with her teacher, Margo, this morning for a little pre-first-day chat. The big kids start Monday while the Kindies are home until Wednesday. So we’re trying to enjoy these last few days of summer! Here are a few photos of Lily’s August Adventures! After a big day at Gaviidae… Lily has been wanting to…

  • Scandinavian Pancake

    Crazy delicious. Super-proud of myself. 😉

  • In a Pickle!

    We have lots of cucumbers and other veggies this year because of all the rain for our garden plus what we get from CSA So we tried refrigerator pickles using cucumbers, onion, garlic, and radishes. The girls helped chop cucumbers and filled the jars with various combinations of the veggies- now we wait a few…

  • Framing Children’s Artwork

    This post is inspired by my friend, Penny, in part because she asked me about my process for displaying art or photos on a wall, and in part because I love the way she arranged her daughter’s work in her new kitchen! I am borrowing her multicolored frames idea because I thought it would be…