Category Archives: chores

Working mom 101

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Necessity is the Mother of Invention

I know that all moms work. But I also know that it feels different to be home all day with the kids while not “working outside the home” and I know this because I have the luxury of taking the … Continue reading →

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Coming to terms with my addiction

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Hi, I am Necessity, and I am a food-blog junkie. I love scouring food blogs, making a list of ingredients for my next market trek or grocery run, and I love planning, chopping, blending, baking, and otherwise making and tasting … Continue reading →

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Biking’s evil twin

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Necessity is the Mother of Invention

As much as biking is work for me, it beats spinning by miles. I admit that at the start of the summer, I was so out of shape that I joined the YMCA in order to whip myself into some … Continue reading →

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Plane wreck

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Necessity is the Mother of Invention

I’m standing on the tarmac in bright sunshine and curiously noticing that Ed, Monkey Man and Gorilla Girl are off in the distance.  Ed is yelling at me to RUN. I look up, and tumbling end over end out of … Continue reading →

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Julia Child in disguise

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Necessity is the Mother of Invention

I refer to myself as a survivalist cooker – the normal circumstances under which I cook tend to be for survival and not for enjoyment. However, in Three Oaks, things are different, and during the last several weeks I have … Continue reading →

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Autumn chores

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Necessity is the Mother of Invention

This weekend, I raked leaves, probably one of the first times since I was a small child, when my raking was minimally useful. I raked a gigantic pile of them at my house in Michigan.  We have a fairly good-sized … Continue reading →

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