by Michelle Lasley | Jun 6, 2011 | Family, Food, One a Day, Post a Day 2011
This is the table that I cleaned. This is the all-purpose vinegar wash I created. This is the bike my husband rides to work. This is the bowl I used to make the bread. This is the knife I used to slice the loaves. This is the measuring cup I used to portion out the...
by Michelle Lasley | May 3, 2011 | Family, Food, Health, One a Day, Parenting, Post a Day 2011, The Green Life
Quiet time. I am absolutely amazed at how much reading, writing, quiet, thinking, pondering time I need. No matter how much I get, it never seems to be enough. I don’t know what the perfect equilibrium would look like. A perfect balance of flitting between...
by Michelle Lasley | Apr 6, 2011 | Family, Food, One a Day, Post a Day 2011, The Green Life
Coming home, after a 45 minute drive in stop and go traffic is not the high point of my day. It’s such a drag for me that I often feel overwhelmed by doing the next task: cooking dinner. My husband lamely claims he can burn water, as if that’s a viable...
by Michelle Lasley | Feb 24, 2011 | Family, Food, One a Day, Post a Day 2011
Fwop. Hmmm. Skurrrrch. Kurch. Fwop. Hmmm. Skurrrrch. Kurch. Fwop. I grab another handful of flour and dust my hands. I pat the doughy lump, and a spattering of flour lifts. It has a dry, hollow, dusty sound. I put my hands under the doughy lump, and I bring it...
by Michelle Lasley | Jan 23, 2011 | Family, Food, One a Day, Post a Day 2011, The Green Life
Sometimes I goof on dinner. It makes me sad. Maybe it shouldn’t, but it does. I know it can’t be awesome all the time. My husband is a great testament to that, he eats everything I put before him, but he certainly doesn’t rave about certain...