She Cooks! Strawberry Cassata Cake – True Cleveland Style

| July 21, 2011

This past weekend, the husband’s parents came to visit. My mother-in-law’s birthday was this week, so a cake was requested . . . and, since I can’t just do anything the simple way, I refused the husband’s suggestion to just run up to the grocery store and pick one out. Noooo, no. Nothing simple in [...]

Every Garden Needs A Mascot

| July 18, 2011

One of the best parts of moving into a new house seems to be the daily surprises that pop up. Often, it’s just the little things, like figuring out that the windows tilt in for cleaning and finding out that the light shines through the bathroom sink top, lighting up the drawers underneath. Other times, [...]

Lazy Sunday: Oh, Summertime

| July 17, 2011

An Extra Set of Hands

| July 13, 2011

This morning, E, MJ and I waved goodbye as the car pulled out of our driveway. We went inside and all sat on the couch and cuddled with each other. I wiped away their tears and hugged each one tightly, squeezing away the sadness. Eventually, we pulled ourselves together and went out into the world [...]

26 Weeks

| July 12, 2011

Tonight I wholeheartedly played the “pregnant and hormonal woman who is nesting from scratch in a new house and can’t handle things that are just plain wrong” card. Like, yelling, swearing, crying and stomping off to my room kind of wholeheartedly. When it was all over, the husband crazily assumed that my admittance of playing [...]