Christin Pounds
Crockpot Balsamic Beef
Try this. It's good. It's beef. It's easy. I have a working fear of cooking red meat and have been known to spend 50% of my grocery time meticulously reading labels at the meat...
Pulling the Thread
You know it when you hear it. It's the subject that catches in your throat or hurls an extra pump of blood through your constricting veins. It's that thing that, perhaps, you have planted...
No Poo For You
Look, I'm from Texas. I mean like, biologically Texan or something. Even though I feel Vermont deep down in my heart, the exposed parts of my body do not understand this cold weather. This...
When You Don’t Feel Like Parenting-An Ode to Joy
A friend asked me how I was feeling the other day, to which I replied, "great!" But then immediately admitted it to be an outright lie and that, actually, I wasn't feeling that great...
On Naming A Baby
I once knew a boy named Sunshine. He was dreamy and slung back and could pull it off with yellow rays of style.
Then there was my husband's distant ancestor, Georgia Secession Roberts, born in...
The Only Resolution I’ve Ever Kept
I've started calling my two year old daughter Fickle Pickle. I swear, she gets it from me and outwardly I'm all apologies over it. The truth is, I secretly congratulate her for inheriting a...
Last Minute Gift: Infused Sea Salt
It's the final countdown and you are going over in your mind everyone that you will see this week at parties and play dates. You would be such a gracious and thoughtful friend/party guest...
3 Ingredient All Purpose Cleaner
I've been making this for years. I love it. I could literally spray this in my mouth and not die (don't do that), AND it works hard at the everyday cleaning and disinfecting that,...
Star Gazing
My husband is a little obsessed with stars. Stars of Betelgeuse and North fame, not Bullock and Clooney. I don’t think he knows very much about them, he just likes to look at them....
Why Give Thanks?
It's that month again-that getting serious about socks month where there is really no turning back to bare toes and questions of scarves. The showy tomatoes are gone now, replaced by the somber potato...
A Hopeful Story
I told the story here. It was the one about children first conceived in a heart and then in a Petri dish. There was fear and hope and a deep contented smile of an...
Rope Basket Tutorial
Are you in need of a beautiful, yet inexpensive storage solution for all those toys, winter accessories, or junk piles lying around?
I'm loving the rope baskets and bowls that I see in magazines and...
Butternut Squash Soup: A Recipe for Warmth
It's the heat of the summer that keeps us spinning wild and free, throwing off routine and clothing as if they had no other purpose than our utter confinement. We slice watermelon and toss...
There’s a Penny In My Freezer
Ask me what's up and I'll say, "nothin' much" or something like that, but what you really should know is that I have a penny in my freezer.
I have very slowly gotten on this...