An Easter Dragon Moment

Just a moment from our week! Hope yours had just as many magical creatures as ours did!

Artisan Bread in Five Minutes A Day

After seeing recommendations for this book in several blogs, I decided I needed to get my hands on it. I have no regrets and I haven't even made it past the master recipe or pizza dough! There are so many many options in this book that look absolutely delicious!



We started with the basic bread...just a staple for meals. It really comes together nicely, although we don't own a baking/pizza stone (ours cracked!) I do own a cast iron oven and it works really well in there! It browns just slightly across the top, but oh, the taste!! It's truly magical! Homemade bread straight from your oven! I don't think it gets any better with a dab of butter!



We've also made burger rolls out of the bread dough, which worked extraordinarily well in a pinch when we didn't have rolls and the weather got nicer. It was so well I don't think I'll be buying a lot of burger buns this summer!

The pizza dough was a success as well. As big fans of pizza, especially GRILLED pizza, we have been working hard to find all the perfect touches for our pizza. This dough was a nice compliment!

What have you made from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day that you loved? I'd love to hear about it!!

It's the Simple Things in Life

As everyday things become more challenging as we await the arrival of this little one, it's the simple things in life that make me happy.









I'm thankful for:

~Grilling

~Warm weather and deck time

~Eating outdoors

~Ice Cream

~ Leaves on the trees!

~The scent of spring


What moves you this week??

More than Scarves

So in starting this knitting group, I decided I needed to learn how to do more than knit back and forth. I needed to learn how to read patterns and make NEW things...I needed to be able to cast on and off without youtube in front of me! Well, I took on a big challenge with this one. I learned how to really do knitting in the round using double pointed needles! Boy is this fun! It's really not nearly as hard as it looks. You knit one "side" and when that needle is empty, you start on the next "side"! It's actually been quite rewarding!

This is a hat for the new baby. It will compliment the matching booties I've already made but haven't posted about yet! I've been working on this for over a week. I know, I'm slow! It will get there in time! I hope!

As Naked as the Easter Bunny Himself

....and just as fast too!









Happy Easter Everyone!

A Very Blessed New Baby Anticipation Moment

A little late today on my moment, brought to you by Deirdre Ryan, one of the fine ladies (and photographers!) in my knitting group!

A Polar Express Moment

Just a moment from our week...one to savor and remember always...thanks Amanda for the inspiration! What is your moment this week?

33 Weeks

Last week was a whirlwind. I had ideas...things I wanted to blog about, but on Wednesday, when I was unpleasantly surprised by spotting, I was thrown for a whirlwind...



I joke about this baby coming early...I joke about my water dramatically breaking at school in the middle on NJASK testing, but in reality, we have to laugh about our fears, however irrational they may be.



Never did I think that I'd go for my 32 week Placenta Previa scan and they'd tell me it hasn't moved...muchless a day after some harmless (so they've told me) spotting.



My family came last week. They "sprinkled" me with gifts for this new baby. There was an amazing clothesline filled with browns, greens, and yellows. There were cupcakes shaped like baby rattles. There were little baby toys. This baby surely wouldn't go unspoiled! We all walked into town and had a nice lunch out. Walked! Over a mile!

Today? The idea of walking that far scares me. I have no intention of helping this baby along in any way shape or form. Today, I am 33 weeks. That's just 4 weeks less than Patrick, and 4 weeks away from full term. Hopefully this baby will hold out for at least another 28 days and make it until then. And perhaps I might get lucky and this placenta will migrate before they decide they need to take the baby out otherwise.

A "Someday he's going to kill me" moment

Enjoy this good sillyness! It didn't last long!



Just a moment from our week!