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#TreatItFwd: A #giveaway and a good cause
My two wild, wonderful weeks in Texas are drawing to a close and I’m on my way back to Kansas City this weekend, just in time to celebrate Father’s Day with my husband. I’m bringing some precious cargo...
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Soup’s on Sunday: Kitchen Sink Pasta Salad
Man, it’s hot. It’s hotter than two squirrels screwing in a wool sock. It’s so hot birds have to pull worms out of their holes with potholders. It’s SO hot that I tied my mule in a field of corn, and...
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Random recipe: Copycat 54th Street Gringo Dip
WHOA. Where’d all you folks come from? I mothballed this site awhile back and just left up the recipes, so I was surprised to see a huge uptick in visits this week. Can someone tell me what kind person...
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Flavors of Fall with #FlatoutPizza
I’ve been in a bit of a kitchen slump lately, mostly because I lost my desire to be around food when I got pregnant earlier this summer. If it wasn’t bland and mostly pasta, I didn’t want it. Now that...
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Win a $50 gift card and FlatOut prize pack! #FlatoutPizza
Last week I had a lot of fun getting creative in the kitchen again thanks to FlatOut Flatbread, Walmart and The Motherhood. And I’d be telling a fib if I said we hadn’t indulged in a few more pizzas...
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“Still Thankful” Turkey Salad
Next-day turkey is kind of sad. It’s pretty dry at the point, white and bland and just sort of there in your fridge. You could put it on some bread and make a sandwich, but no matter how many toppings...
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Random recipe: Divinity
When I think of my great-grandmother, Grandma “Bridge City,” I think of the color red. I think of the blessings she had in the form of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and...
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Seventh Generation – for my new generation
When you have a baby, it can be overwhelming to face the piles of stuff you suddenly accumulate. Diapers, pacifiers, bottles – you can (and will) fill up every nook and cranny of your house with this...
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For my husband, with love and respect on Father’s Day, 2013
You know, I really wasn’t sure what sort of father my husband would turn out to be. I thought, given his upbringing, that he might be a bit strict. But then I wondered if, given his upbringing, that...
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#FirstFrosty Wendy’s Giveaway!
For the last few years, 50 cents from each Wendy’s Frosty purchase has been donated to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption on Father’s Day weekend. These donations are used to benefit the cause of...
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The 2012-2013 Holiday Saga
Spanning two weeks, three states and five different beds, here’s Mamamash’s fourth grade essay, “What I did on my Christmas vacation.” Let me preface this by saying that over this holiday season, I did...
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35 weeks: Still rockin’ and rollin’
I wrote this morning on Twitter that I no longer feel human. That I feel like an incubator glued to a couch being fed Cheez Its as fuel. I think that accurately sums up the last month of pregnancy....
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SnoPocaGeddon ’13
I find that when you can’t overcome or prevent something, it’s best to just give yourself over to it fully. We woke up this morning to snow that was just beginning to fall. Over three hours, we...
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Full term and fabulous
Yeah, ok, so not really. When the OB asked how I was feeling today, I told him I felt like an irritable, sore gummy bear. And it’s true! I have very little patience. My pelvis is coming apart in...
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An afternoon with the Kansas Freezer Meal Queen
This morning I’m sitting on the couch, looking like a Buddha in yoga pants and a maternity t-shirt, humbly contemplating the blessings of true friendship that I have. Friends from back home in Texas...
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Wanna play a guessing game?
Baby Boy Bump #1 vs Baby Boy Bump #2, same shirt, same pants, same gestational length. On the left, my first son. I gained about 40 lbs and he came out at 8 lbs, 10 0z, 21 inches long. The doctors kept...
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No more licking the baby
I still haven’t gotten a chance to write Mouse’s birth story, because every time I would try to sit down and put that beautiful day into words I was reminded of this big dark cloud that has been...
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Deep in my heart, it’s Texas
In late 2008, I was more than thrilled to pack up the few things hurricane Ike had left us and skedaddle up north to Kansas City. I was ready for an adventure with my new husband in the place he had...
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Mother’s Day 2013
I keep meaning to blog, I do. But there’s so much love to catch up on. There’s a lot of laughter. And some horseplay. We’re eating like kings and queens. And sometimes we even grab a nap. Thank you,...
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Time marches on
“The only thing that stays the same is everything changes.” – Tracy Lawrence It’s been a year and a half since I blogged. At the time that I left Mamamash behind, I was caught in a whirlwind of change....
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