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The joy that kids get out of the little things never ceases to bring me so much joy too. They have a natural ability to notice and appreciate things around them, and overflow with delight at so many ‘ordinary’ things. I love sharing my days with people who can be counted on to share, and […]
About Anna
I believe in God, the power of optimism, and the ability of food to bring people together. I love to share everyday homemade food with family and friends (and the internetz)! I love cheese, proper grammar, an organized house, dark chocolate, my husband, and my 5 sweet kids.
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Roasted Veggies & Shrimp Sheet Pan Dinner
Overall, how has feeding your family during the pandemic been going? I feel like breakfast has gotten bigger and later, and kind of runs into snack time and then lunch, all of which take a bit more mental energy than usual when everyone’s home and school work is thrown into the morning mix too. At […]
Monday Moments: River walks
Mornings after the kids got on the bus used to be my exercise time. Now, with no one leaving and everyone talking to (at?) me, I’ve had to get a bit more creative. It works out well that we live a 10 minute walk from a beautiful, well-trailed river, so we’ve taken up early morning […]
How to make perfect ribs in the oven
Perfect ribs have eluded me for many years. So I’m pretty excited to have finally mastered consistent, tender, fall-off-the-bone ribs. I made these multiple times last year, but when I wanted to make them for our anniversary last week I had to rack my brain (no pun intended) for how I had done it. Apparently […]
Monday Moments: Fourteen Years
We’re pretty low key about anniversary celebrations, but low-key never meant no blog post! Dear Carl, I’m no good at throwing parties, buying presents, or even necessarily remembering what year it is, but I am good at digging up pictures to put with words to remind you how much I love you :) We started […]
Monday Moments: Beautiful Spring
Well, it’s May already! Time has been flying by in a weird kind of way, and we’re already in my favourite season. We had this shed in the backyard that I talked about painting a year ago when we put in the pavers… It finally happened, and makes me smile every time I see it. […]
Monday Moments: Home. School.
Home and school. They’ve become indistinguishable, along with Mom and teacher, and overall I’m not mad about it. We’ve definitely had our days, but mostly we’re all pretty happy about our situation. We have an amazing school supporting us, and the real teachers have made it as easy as possible on those of us playing […]
Monday Moments: One Extra Week
While our intrepid teachers rallied to prepare materials to keep young minds active in a whole new way, we got a bonus week of “break.” I have been so impressed with how well my kids have adapted to this new way of being, and it’s helped me be pretty relaxed about it too. They don’t […]
Monday Moments: Here at Home
Last week actually went by quite quickly, despite me having little recollection of what each day contained. Partly this is because I’m not really sure what day it is anymore, and I quite frankly don’t really care. I’m starting to think when these restrictions are over I might not leave my house again anyways. I’ve […]
Monday Moments: Spring Break, Isolation Edition
We were counting on spring break, but we weren’t counting on it to be quite like this, so indefinitely long and home-based! While we all needed the break from routine, I also thrive on routine and am, I like to think, a recovering control freak. This virus situation has shown me that my recovery has […]
