flash beat drum

chicco play table

curiousity cube

counting and sorting farm

various salad dressing recipes

Ingredients:
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon minced dried onion
1 clove garlic -- minced
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Directions:

Mix all ingredients except buttermilk in a small bowl. While stirring, slowly blend in buttermilk. Chill at least 2 hours before using.

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Ingredients:
2 cups Fresh Basil -- packed
3/4 cup Buttermilk
2 Green Onions
3/4 cup Mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon Pepper

Directions:

In a blender combine fresh basil, green onions and buttermilk. Blend until smooth. Add mayonnaise and pepper and whisk together. Store in refrigerator.

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Recipe:
Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

Makes about 1 1/2 cups, serves 12

Ingredients
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon celery seeds
Sea salt and ground pepper to taste

Method
Blend all ingredients until smooth. Refrigerate for several hours before using so flavors blend and dressing thickens.

Nutrition
Per serving (2 Tbsp/23g-wt.): 10 calories (5 from fat), 0g total fat, 0g saturated fat, 1g protein, 1g total carbohydrate (0g dietary fiber, 1g sugar), 0mg cholesterol, 115mg sodium

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
3/4 cup sour cream
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 1/4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh chives
1 1/2 teaspoons minced shallot
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon-style prepared mustard
1/2 teaspoon celery seed

DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, whisk together the sour cream, mayonnaise, buttermilk, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, chives, shallot, mustard and celery seed. Refrigerate for one hour to allow the flavors to blend.

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Here’s MollyGee’s recipe:

1 cup mayonnaise
1/3-1/2 cup buttermilk (depending on how thick you like it)
1 tsp white vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1 or 2 cloves minced garlic
2 T chopped parsley or dill
2 T snipped chives
2 green onions, thinly sliced
freshly ground pepper, to taste

Whisk together mayonnaise, buttermilk, and vinegar, then add and mix in remaining ingredients. Will keep 3 or 4 days in refrigerator.

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Buttermilk Ranch Salad Dressing

Ingredients:

1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dried mustard
4 tbsp dried onion flakes
2 tbsp dried parsley flakes
2 tbsp dried green onion flakes or freeze-dried chives
3/4 cup buttermilk
4 large tbsp cottage cheese

Place the buttermilk, cottage cheese, and seasoning in a blender and blend until creamy. Refrigerate.

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Garden Herb Salad Dressing

Ingredients:

1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dry mustard
2 tsp dried green onion flakes
1 tsp parsley flakes
2 tsp dried celery flakes
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp dried crushed oregano
2 tsp dried dill

1/4 cup vinegar
2 tbsp water
3//4 cup vegetable oil

Mix dry and wet ingredients. Shake well. Serve.

TAL episodes to listen to:

244: MacGyver
226: Reruns
125: Apocalypse
118: What You Lookin' At?
107: Trail of Tears
1: New Beginnings
3: Poultry Slam
87: A Very Special Sedaris Christmas
83: One of Us
46: Sissies
150: Kids as Adults
153: Dolls
157: The Secret Life of Daytime
234: Say Anything
245: Allure of the Mean Friend
188: Kid Logic
194: Before and After
197: Before it had a Name

Dress patterns found on Etsy.com

baby pinafore self-pub pattern
baby - complete Pixie Pattern Set (over 20) $15
double layer cute kid's pattern, looks self-pub
knitting pattern for a bunny in a dress, PDF. cute.
LOTR plus size Eowyn patterns, $8
easy McCall's patterns, 18,20,22
Butterick, 28-32
McCall's Bridesmaid/Victorian style - 16, 18, 20, 22
McCall's Petite size 12,14, 16, 18 - nice dresses, maybe too small
Butterick Medeival/Ren size 10, 20, 22 - love!
maternity patterns, simplicity, 16, 18, 20, 22
McCalls work clothes 18-20-22-24

other ideas

dad binary tee - etsy
my dad's a geek baby onesie
card inspiration
matching baby and dad duck shirt
baby and dad Hammer shirt
daddy's diaper tool belt
BEST - baby changing station tee

topics for baby blog:

moving/apartment/house

pets

food - organic vs. non organic?

breastfeeding

birth story

family & friends - nicole, jen s, chris & kelly

adorable clothes on sale from gymboree

indie hoodie
navy/white striped dress
80s rainbow hoodie
rainbow short-sleeved tee
rainbow long-sleeved tee
blue bias-striped dress
white patent leather shoes
two-piece long-sleeved outfit
black hoodie

CSA?

Western MA
this looks good - Pioneer Valley Community Supported Agriculture
Food Bank Farm
Hampshire College CSA
Mountain View Farm CSA

cajun mardi gras info

info, including song
Cajun women and the country mardi gras tradition
cajun and creole mardi gras @ folkstreams.com
wikipedia mardi gras entry
vocab word: courir de Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras Run)

Summer activities, 2008:

Western Mass Highland Games - Saturday, June 28 in Greenfield
Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival - Saturday, July 19 at Look Park
Pipes in the Valley
North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival - Sat & Sun September 20 & 21st, in Orange

recipes

cooking light
cooking light/my recipes - entertaining
everyday food
vegetarian times

desserts (all light):
vanilla pound cake w/ lime glaze
mini cheesecakes with mango-raspberry sauce
lower fat fudge brownies* (calls for vegan margarine)
double chocolate cookies
orange-glazed almond cake
pear-walnut muffins

side dishes/random:
coconut ginger rice
traditional king cake - (i made this one year, i remember photocopying the recipe out of a cookbook at the library. came out pretty good, too.)
morning glory muffins

drinks?
frozen gin lemonade

Stuff from SkyBluePink:
chinese charms
watch parts
pirate cards
beeswax and puzzle bits

Etsy inspirations:
rosaries
stuff for collages/books
jewelry
alice in wonderland

rosary stamp, skull stamp, skull digital ephemera

writing exersizes

http://www.6ftferrets.com/exercise-content.html
Lisa Lippert's page on creative writing exersizes
Writing the journey
Creative writing exersize to cure writer's block
Yahoo ask - Where can I find poem writing exercizes?
book review on Amazon of "will Write for Food"

oh. marc.

http://seraphemera.livejournal.com/2005/05/08/

DCWV - Rock Star
Oriental Trading Scrapbooking Christmas stuff


http://withmalicetowardnone.blogspot.com/

http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2005/09/price_gouging.html

http://musik-dresden.de/bands/empty-guns-bands-1426.html

http://www.thebeckoning.com/poetry/other-poets/other-poets.html

http://www.facebook.com/people/Christopher_Michael_Collins/574248114

letter to Wondertime Magazine:


I'm reading your article based on pre-school philosophies, and I'd like to point out a couple things - #1, the red shame panties? not a montessori tenet -that's your child's particular school. the reggio emilio peace place? that's actually a montessori thing. Just saying.

veg and vegan sites to check out
SuperVegan
VegNews Webbies

pack n play: Model # 8263BCC, mgf date: 12/06/2006, lot # 0091, qty# 0716. those were all on a sticker on the leg. Baby Trend Zanzibar Playyard.

to do:
* baby trend
* correct the payment method for netflix
* reply to emails from girls


ooh, i like this site - has good plus sized clothing.

I love guys wearing babies.

I think it's hilarious and cute that one of the things Matt wants for Christmas is an Old Navy gift card - so that he can get baby clothes.

winter coats

double breasted swing coat @ jcp.com
double breasted wool walker @ jcp.com
hooded wool swing coat - comes in red (jcp.com)
wool blend city coat - comes in tweed (jcp.com)
Wool Hooded Pea coat - comes in tweed/heather (jcp.com)
right fabric (houndstooth!), crappy styling at lanebryant.com
shorter than i want, but everything else is right at torrid.com - maybe i'll go try it on


Everyday is Halloween - Ministry

demeter fragrances
i really want some.
Vanilla Ice Cream
Egg Nog
Ginger Cookie
Caramel
Fiery Curry
Happy Hour - Redhead in Bed Cocktail (just for the name - can't resist!)
Baby Powder
Basil
Black Pepper
Bonfire
Christmas Tree
Cinnamon Bun
Croquembouche
...and so much more. That's as far as I got today.

today's obsession - online to do lists

Ta-Da list
Remember the Milk
Backpackit

also worth noting - lactation consultant phone # @ CDH
413-582-2096

Today's random obsession: Heirloom Seeds

google results -
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Victory Seeds - They have a .pdf catalog
Seed Savers Exchange
Heirloom Seeds - also has a .pdf catalog
gardenfairy.com - seed catalog links
containerseeds.com
Seeds Trust
greenpeople.org - seed links
Hirt's Greenhouse and Flowers


unrelated to seeds - Khaki Campbell Ducks

today's obession - plastic water bottles are bad, mmkay?

how sigg's are made at sigg's english website

sigg water bottle at www.reusablebags.com

reusablebags.com FAQs, the problem with leaching plastic bottles

safer plastic baby bottles

things to keep in mind - not all home water filters filter out fluoride; i consider that a good thing.

Tap Water and Water Filtration Systems - an overly hippie viewpoint, I think

Brita FAQ - Does BRITA reduce / remove fluoride ? The BRITA Water Filter System does not remove fluoride from tap water. Fluoride is a negatively charged ion and does not react with the components of the BRITA Filter Cartridge. - Well, that's pretty definitive.

Q. How do the units affect fluoride?
A. The PUR Self-Monitoring Water Filters do not signifigantly reduce the level of fluoride in the water source. - Pur. Well, that's less definitive.

Guide to Home Tap Water Filtration - www.foodandwaterwatch.org

natural (including Fluoride free) toothpaste

soup pistou recipe

quenelle of dark chocolate mousse

keckler's butternut squash recipes

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online to to lists:

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/tour/
http://www.backpackit.com/
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boot-cut, belly panel, plus-sized maternity jeans

that gum you like is going to come back into style...(or that pink dress you want will be on sale. you know, whatever.)

jcpenney dresses

motherhood's plus size maternity clothes