Wednesday, September 10, 2014


Nothing like a gluten free 
banana muffin recipe 
to cheer you up on a rainy day.



Not only have these received rave reviews in our house 
but they are super easy to whip up and a great way to get rid of those over-ripe bananas that just keep hanging around on the counter, 
in the way, 
attracting fruit flies.

We tend to get a lot of those over here. 

Both my husband and E might very well be monkeys for all the bananas they go through.

However, and it is quite the 'however'...

Neither of them can handle a banana a few hours past perfectly ripe.
Like, really and truly, show them a banana with more than ten freckles and it's
"no thank you," every time.

Which leaves a fair amount of super sweet, super flavorful fruit languishing in the fruit bowl, in the fridge and eventually in the freezer.

Where it tends to become something no longer even resembling anything remotely banana-esque.
But rather a brown, sticky, gooey mass, full of ice crystals, in the bottom of a ziplock bag.

No one wants that.
So.
Thank you gluten free banana muffin recipe.



Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Monday, September 8, 2014

Sunday, September 7, 2014


Yesterday this...



was turned into this...




with a bit of this, in-between...



Saturday, September 6, 2014


You know it can only mean one thing… 
when…
it’s early Saturday morning…
and…




we are not only up we are out, coffee in hand, sweatshirts on, boots on, maybe even blankets on?







That’s right. 
Fall is nearly upon us. 
So.
Bring on all. 
The.
SOCCER GAMES!!

And we must have had the most perfect day for the inaugural match.
Something tells me I will be looking back on these pictures fondly when mid-October rolls around and the skies are moody and dark and there’s frost on the grass at these 8 a.m. start times.

Friday, September 5, 2014


Oh boy...






Somehow a "little light home improvement" never really ends up being a "little light home improvement", does it?

What it actually ends up being is 2 weeks worth of patching and priming and sanding and painting and vacuuming and mopping and moving and dismantling and cleaning and coughing and sneezing and sweating and showering and sighing.

Always a good deal of sighing.

Mostly from me.

But.

It will all be worth it.

This I do know.

This I will just have to keep telling myself.

(Good thing our school work is mobile.)

Thursday, September 4, 2014