July 3, 2019
by Maralee
Comments Off on The Kind of Mom They Made Me
I have a serious issue with baking bread. In my mind the world is divided into two kinds of women: those who bake bread and those who don’t. I have happily been in the “those who don’t” category for my … Continue reading
August 29, 2018
by Maralee
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I wanted to make zucchini bread for you to enjoy when you came by this evening. It was supposed to take 10 minutes to assemble and then 50 minutes to bake. I started it two hours before you were supposed … Continue reading
December 2, 2016
by Maralee
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I know sometimes people are curious about what life looks like when you’re raising a bunch of young kids. Every once in a while I get the, “How do you do it?” question. While most of the time I just … Continue reading
January 19, 2015
by Maralee
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I made Spite Brownies the other day. Apparently, this was horrifying to some people. They were aghast at the fact that I made brownies with the sole intention of denying them to a child. This child had previously eaten a … Continue reading
June 1, 2012
by Maralee
Comments Off on I’ll learn to delay gratification. . . later.
You know you’re not a very confident baker when you’re adding up how much time it will take you to make your son’s birthday cake from scratch and you’re leaving enough time so you can make the back-up box cake … Continue reading
January 21, 2012
by Maralee
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Have you seen these great recipe websites that let you change the number of servings you need and they’ll automatically adjust all the ingredient amounts? What a fantastic idea! I just wish they had an option for putting in how … Continue reading