"Apple Week" is turning into "Apple Two Weeks!" Such is my life right now, and that's okay. Hopefully you agree! I love homemade applesauce and am not afraid to make it taste more like a dessert than a healthy snack. (Thank you, brown sugar!) Roasting the apples in the oven adds extra depth to the …
Erica’s Guide to Apple Varieties
I used to be so clueless when picking apples at the grocery store, but over the years I've grown to know our tastes better and have become less hesitant to ask my produce guys about different varieties. Particularly if you shop occasionally at a fine foods grocery store, they'll be happy to tell you …
Apple Week!
It's hard to believe it is October 1st! I think pumpkin tends to steal the show in the fall, but I love the fact that apples are on. Grocery stores begin stocking more varieties, and farmers markets fill up with crates of charmingly imperfect apples. After all of last week's marriage talk, we're …
5 Ways to Give Respect
I LOVED our last chat about why men need respect. Let me tell ya, learning that men need to feel respected even more than they need to feel loved was incredibly eye-opening for me. My husband and I have practiced a lot of trial and error in our seven years of marriage, and I've done plenty of …
Why Men Need Respect + 3 Ways to Give It
If you've ever asked your husband something that seemed totally innocuous ("Honey, for the hundredth time, will you please fix the leaky faucet?") and have been baffled at his response, keep reading. :) I recently finished reading For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men …
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I'm enjoying one of those sublime motherhood moments where the kids are happy and the sun is warm. I've spent the last half an hour brainstorming some upcoming marriage posts in a notebook while sitting on the patio, watching the boys play in that tub of moonsand. Chase, the younger one, has now …
