linky love

Took the boys to Early Works again yesterday. This may become a weekly occurrence for us. We all get a little stir crazy when it's cold and we are stuck inside all day. Unfortunately Owsley ran into a steel door when we first got there. And then an hour later he was playing with these huge plastic blocks and one flew straight into his lip and busted it open. One chocolate milk later, and he was fine. Now I'm sitting here, eating a box of chocolates that my mom re-gifted me from one of her students, wishing that some chemist would go ahead and invent a zero calorie chocolate. Is that really too much to ask? I don't think so.

*Gretchen tries out a handful of the Pioneer Woman's recipes and lets us know what she thought.

*So while you're freezing your patootie off right now, remember that it's summertime in Australia. (I've often wondered what it would be like for Christmas to be during the summer.)

*My boys would love these baked zucchini sticks. We used to tell Gage that baked green beans were green french fries.

*Caitlin has some really reasonable resolutions for the year.

*I really think Owsley and Ziggy would be the best of friends.

*I love stuffed potatoes and I love cheap dates. And I always love Sara Bell's $20 Date series. I actually won a $20 date on her blog a couple months ago, and just haven't had a chance to put it to use yet! One of these days!

*I really think that Camille is one of the cutest, sweetest ladies out there.

*If you are new to Ashley Marie's blog, here is a great way to catch up: a 2012 review.

*A year full of traveling.

*I love infinity scarves. Here are two simple ways to upcycle your own scarves!

*How about vicariously spending New Year's Eve in Indonesia?

*I had never heard this quote before, but I like it. Love is temporary madness....

*Jodi shares some of her favorite posts from 2012.

*Random moments with little Leia. I love how this is the age that toddlers really begin to develop their own personalities!