I feel like we go through excessive amounts of both soap and toilet paper. You’d think we could get it down to just one or the other. I don’t know if I should say anything though, because it might be ok to scrimp on one, but I don’t really want anyone reducing usage of both simultaneously, which is […]
Archives for October 2014
Slow Cooker Beef & Barley Risotto
We’re 2 months into this new baby thing, and dare I say I think we’re getting into the swing of things? I feel like it’s risky to put that out there but, knock on wood, he now goes down consistently around 8:00pm, sleeps mostly-consistently through the night, is learning to enjoy his swing or his daddy […]
Why you should start a blog before you get stuck in an underground parking garage.
There’s one very good reason every person should start a blog. It has nothing to do with skill, time, topic, or any other bloggy things. It has everything to do with perspective. It’s so that, when anything happens, good or bad, you can think, “blog material”. I’m a lot slower to get angry or frustrated […]
Peach Berry Smoothies {SunRype 900 mL Juice Giveaway!}
Make sure you get all the way to the bottom to enter the giveaway for a whole buncha delicious juice! There are few things that get my kids as excited as a good smoothie. On the rare occasion we go through a drive-thru, no one asks for fries or ice cream, they’re always wondering if the […]
Mom’s Recipes: Tomato and Feta Baked Eggs
It’s been almost a year since I was getting ready to move in with my parents for a few months. Despite missing Carl and being pretty nauseously newly pregnant, those were really good months, and the kids still regularly ask when we can go visit for “12 years” (12 weeks) again. Recipes like this are […]
Warm Cheesy Blueberry Dip
Because hot, cheesy dips are something I could happily eat every single day (but probably shouldn’t), I think about them a lot. What to add to the cheese, how much cheese, what kinds of cheese, what to dunk in the cheese…you get the idea. Today on The Lydia Life I’m sharing a hot cheesy dip […]
Cranberry Chocolate Chip Muffins
Breakfast doesn’t get much better than this. This is the time of year when you need to buy scads of fresh cranberries and squirrel them away in your freezer for the rest of the year, to make things like Cranberry Lemon Scones, Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls, Cranberry Sauce Oat Bars, and these-here muffins. My 6-year-old isn’t […]
Monday Moments: Kids’ Art Edition
It’s been too long since I presented an onslaught of kids’ art. About a day after turning 4 last month, Kristopher, who has never shown the slightest interest in picking up a pen despite knowing all his letters and how to spell his name in song, suddenly announced, “I think I should probably learn to […]
Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake
Do you have anything you’d do differently depending if your significant other is watching you? Last week I had to say a few words and accept a little certificate for a writing award at university, and it was a strange thing. I’ve known Carl since Grade 8 and we’ve been through all sorts of things […]
Bacon Sausage Alfredo Pizza
Bacon, sausage, and sweatpants. Two of those things are acceptable for men to like, one not as much. Any guesses on what we’re talking about? You got it – men and sweatpants. Let me state at the outset that I love my husband dearly, and I get the desire for comfort and coziness, I do. […]
Monday Moments: SO many of us
Adding one more baby can sure make a chair seem full. It can sure make a heart feel full too. Another thing that feels full? The laundry basket. Good thing I have such a cute helper who seems pretty thrilled to be part of the family :) This Thanksgiving, I have so many reasons to give […]
Chewy Pumpkin S’mores Cookies
I was going to go easy on the pumpkin this year, I really was. But you know how pumpkin is, right? You use some and there’s some left, so you find another recipe you simply must make, but that needs 1/4 cup more pumpkin than what you had left over, so you open some more pumpkin…the cycle […]