September 23: White Chocolate Day Food of the Day: Food of the Day Goal Day: 79 Emily made brownies with white chocolate chips to celebrate white chocolate day. YUM!  I bought two white chocolate candy bars: one for me, and one for Cole to take on his high school camping trip. Let’s muse. The last … Continue reading Musing: Candy Land Loser, White Chocolate Day

September 22: Ice Cream Cone Day Food of the Day:  One Year Goal Day: 78 After reading my last blog post about the dreaded punch I suggested to dear cousin Kb that perhaps I was not the person who should be musing about white chocolate or beer since I wasn't a fan of those things … Continue reading Musing: Ice Cream Cone Day!

September 21: Pecan Cookie Day Food of the Day: One Year Goal Day: 77 Emily turned her kitchen over to her two middle children, and they made pecan cookies to celebrate the food of the day. They were very proud of their cookies, and Emily was very proud of her two budding chefs. Heck, I … Continue reading Musings: Pecan Cookies and Teenage Concussions

September 20: Punch Day Food of the Day: One Year Goal Day: 76 Okay. I just randomly selected a food of the day to ask Cousin Carla to write about because I have fallen so far behind in my musing. I never dreamed that Carla had such strong feelings about punch! Hated punch! Despised punch. … Continue reading Musing: Punch- Do You Love, Like, or Loathe?

September 19: Butterscotch Pudding Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: 75 Emily's  butterscotch pudding was homemade. My pudding came from a Jell-o box of butterscotch pudding. Emily and I agreed that we would probably wouldn't make butterscotch pudding again. It didn’t come as a surprise to me that I didn’t like butterscotch pudding, since I don’t … Continue reading Musing: Butterscotch Pudding, How often do you say YES!

September 18: Cheese Burger Day Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: #74 Cheeseburgers are hard to resist. I like cheeseburgers; Emily likes cheeseburgers; my mom and dad like cheeseburgers; most people like cheeseburgers. If you don’t like them you might be a fish. Fish do not like cheeseburgers. Really. I wondered when I read … Continue reading Musings: Some say Cheeseburger! Chicagoans say Cheezborger!

  September 17th, Apple Dumpling Day Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: #73 Emily made lazy guacamole on Guacamole Day, but you can’t keep the Wow Mom down for long. For Apple Dumpling Day, she outdid herself with homemade apple dumplings (see above picture) and then paired them with the movie The Apple Dumpling … Continue reading Musing: Apple Dumplings, Taste vs Presentation, Kitty Litter Box Cake

September 16: Guacamole Day Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: #72 Emily made Lazy Guacamole — thank God! Weren’t you all beginning to wonder about a mom with five kids, managing hearth and home, the school year, and babysitting jobs, who still had time to serve up the food of the day, every day? … Continue reading Musing: Guacamole, Dads Magic Touch

September 15th: Linguine Day Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: #71 My musing is so behind, but  DAGNAMMIT, I’m committed to giving each day its due. Emily made this lovely lemon pepper shrimp linguine dish I just made linguine with garlic, olive oil and poured some white sauce over it. We had some leftover ham, so I tossed … Continue reading Musing: Linguine: So many ways to celebrate.

  September 14:  Creme-Filled Donut Day (we did not celebrate the Hoagie part of the day) Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: #70 Emily was robbed. Well, that may be exaggerating just a little bit.... Emily went to the bakery to buy creme donuts for an afternoon snack for her kids. She was the front-runner for … Continue reading Musing: Creme-FIlled Donuts, Emily was Robbed!