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    Delicious Recipe

    Photo courtesy of fresh365

    Matt and I have a good system going for meals. We try to cook together four times a week and eat out three. Ideally, we experiment with at least one new recipe a week and resort to our “Favorites Binder” for the rest of our meals. If we like our experimental meal, we print it out and add it to our binder. If we don’t like it, we forget about it.

    We’ve been so busy lately that we’ve resorted to our standbys instead of looking for new recipes. However, we finally tried a new recipe yesterday: Maple-Pumpkin Pasta with Blue Cheese and Sage.

    We simplified … Read More

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    Plans for Festivizing Our Home (Next Year)

    Matt cutting down the last Christmas tree we had (in 2006)

    I am determined to be more festive next year. Don’t get me wrong; Matt and I aren’t entirely scrooges this year. We’re going to nine holiday parties this season (including a hayride and a Winter Solstice party). It’s just that our home doesn’t feel particularly celebratory.

    It occurred to me that if we’re going to create a more decorated domicile next season, then we should probably start planning now. Everything related to the holidays will be on major sale starting December 26.

    Usually, I am not one to buy things in advance. For example, I can’t bring myself to … Read More

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    Reducing Nasty Chemicals in My Life


    Reading the recent New York Times article about working on marriage (well, I have to confess I’m only on page five), has reminded me that Matt and I want to solidify our marriage before we jump into the sea of parenthood.

    We started the process by taking a marriage class back in August, but we haven’t done much since then. We’ve been trying to enroll in therapy together for a while, but we haven’t gotten around to finding someone.

    It’s so easy to skip straight to the baby stuff. I only meant to read a book or two about preparing one’s body for conception, but I quickly realized that pretty … Read More