The heavens opened up over the Twin Cities yesterday. It rained all afternoon and started up again overnight. I woke up at 5am to rain pounding on the roof, thunder crashing overhead, and… the sound of my baby crying because he had woken up, too. Sigh.
I’m a cool, rainy weather person–one of my most popular blog posts is about how I hate hot weather. And there is nothing better than the smell of the earth/trees/grass after a heavy rain. Recently I found out this smell has a name: petrichor. I love learning new-to-me words and for some reason, that one seems like the perfect fit for its definition!… Read More »
I write a lot about how we feed our bodies on Just to Claireify… but what about how we feed our minds?
Prior to this year, Eric and I were pretty intimidated by cooking most cuts of meat. Our family mostly ate ground meats, with the occasional chicken breast, salmon fillet, or canned fish. While we still cook these things fairly often, we’ve also expanded our repertoire to include more traditional foods with their unique nourishing properties.
A better name for this post might be “the zucchini and green bean meal plan,” as our fridge is overflowing with both at the moment! Our garden is about to hit peak production and we’re just trying to use everything up. We also have tomatoes and strawberries in plenty, but those are easy to munch on and never last long in this house.… 
Somehow it’s already *checks calendar* July 23rd and we are just over a month away from the beginning of the school year here. Summer is well and truly flying, and it’s more than a full-time job ferrying kids to and from activities, attempting to meet everyone’s social needs (definitely #momfailing that one all the way home…) and FEEDING THEM. My goodness, I am thankful for those free school lunches and just plain old packed school lunches when they can’t ask me for another sandwich, another orange, another cookie, or another handful of crackers because they are a mile away from the pantry!