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Swimming – 5:00 Fridays

Ilinap · March 9, 2012 ·

There's a little something this time of year that the leprechauns from Oak Brook, Illinois bring all over the country. I'm talking about the Shamrock Shake. Bird and Deal are crazy for it. I suppose they would say it (sham)rocks. Both boys have been taking swimming … [Read more...] about Swimming – 5:00 Fridays

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, cocktail, fun, happy hour, party

Waiting for Snow – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · March 7, 2012 ·

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Tags: Bird, children, Deal, weather, wordless Wednesday

Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Misogynistic Bully

Ilinap · March 6, 2012 ·

    I have so loathed the man called Rush for many years. But this time I am seething. Rush Limbaugh is more than a big fat idiot. He is a big fat bully. I wonder how his mother would feel about his recent comments about Sandra Fluke. If women who use … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Misogynistic Bully

Tags: America, equality, politics, values, women

Dessert Pizza

Ilinap · March 4, 2012 ·

My life is full of first world problems. I might be the only cook I know who doesn't own a stand mixer. I have been coveting one for years, but Santa apparently doesn't think I've been a good girl. Mac Daddy refuses to buy me kitchen gadgets for Mother's Day or my birthday … [Read more...] about Dessert Pizza

Tags: cook, dessert, food, recipe

I get around.

Ilinap · March 1, 2012 ·

I'm donning some swank shoes and getting around today. Check out what I have to say about presidential candidates' personal wealth over at The Stir.     And I regaled you with a story at The Broad Side about how I learned a lesson on self image from a 13 … [Read more...] about I get around.

Tags: America, community, health, politics, responsibility, values, writing

I Couldn’t Resist – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · February 29, 2012 ·

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Tags: Bird, travel, vacation, wordless Wednesday

Standards and Stress and Sisyphus

Ilinap · February 28, 2012 ·

Sometimes I look at my shelf of cookbooks and snicker at the irony of one of my first books, The Joy of Cooking. To many cooking is more chore than joy. I love to cook but I still feel that way sometimes. I keep telling myself that if I lower my standards my life would be easier. … [Read more...] about Standards and Stress and Sisyphus

Tags: children, cook, family, kids, motherhood, parenting

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