Thank you all so much for your words of sympathy, encouragement, and offers of help and advice. It really does mean a lot! It helps to remember that others have gone through this before. We truly have felt the extra prayers offered on our behalf. THANK YOU! We took Ganache in on Friday and he […]
Archives for July 2011
When you feel something is not right . . .
I will not tell a lie. The past eight days have been hard! Hard because of the stress and worry over our little Ganache. Sunbathing on Sunday for the jaundice A week ago Wednesday his skin started to look a bit yellow. Jaundice was setting in. Thursday all he wanted to do was sleep. It […]
The Nashville Tribute Band: The Work **GIVEAWAY**
***GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*** Winners are: Kim and Brittney! You have been sent an e-mail already so check your inbox! If you’ve been a blog reader for the past couple of months you’ve seen my posts about using music to build spirituality (part I and part II). This is not something new or recent in […]
Meet . . .
the newest member of the chocolate family by a vote of 130 to 98 GANACHE!!! I am amazed there were so many votes, 228 total! That is great, especially as I made it so one could only vote once. Thanks so much everyone! © 2007-2011 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 […]
Music We’re Lovin’
Listen and enjoy! Love the message in this one {don’t care for the Veggie Tales though} Thanks to my sister for sharing with me! This one is my favorite! Bon Bon recently learned this one on the piano. Brownie’s Favorite – she plays it all. the. time! This is a single from Nashville Tribute Band’s […]
Goober or Ganache?
Just as it took forever to decide on a name for Gideon I am having a hard time deciding between two chocolate names to use as his alias on the blog. Help me decide! Goober: Chocolate covered peanuts – one of my favorite snacks! Ganache: A smooth creamy filling or coating depending on the ratio […]
Guess who . . .
decided to come all on his own after all? Gideon (no middle name yet) July 15th, 5:19 am 7 lbs 9 oz 19 1/2 inches The story: A contraction woke me up Friday morning at 1:35am. I stayed in bed to see if I would have any more. The contractions came about every 15 minutes. […]
Christmas in July Sale
Just a quick reminder that our Christmas in July sale will end tomorrow (we extended it one day). Enter CHOCOLATE30 at checkout to receive 30% off your order in any of our etsy shops. Thanks to all those who have ordered already! We appreciate your business. Cranial Hiccups aprons rag quilts clutches crayon rolls I […]
Fruit of the Season
Some good friends of ours called us last night to come pick cherries off their trees today. The kids and I showed up with bags and a big five gallon bucket to fill. We got it done in less than an hour. We couldn’t find any cherry pitters in town so improvised and used flat […]
First Wildfire of the Season
Two days after our Independence Day celebration we had a great lesson on why we didn’t do any fireworks! Semisweet had just returned from an evening jog when Mr. Ferrero Rocher took off to check the pivots. Within those two minutes of Semisweet returning before Mr. FR left a small brush fire was started. We […]
Independence Day BBQ
We had a great Independence Day celebration. Relaxed. No stress (meaning no fireworks). Good company (family). The kids were a bit disappointed we didn’t do any fireworks but safety overruled.We had such a wet spring the weeds grew ridiculously well. In some spots they are taller than Special Dark who is four. Now that summer […]
My New Organizational Tool
Do you know I have had a gazillion bookmarks on my web browser? Seriously, I had folders for homeschool, sewing (further divided into smaller categories), cooking, crafts, blog posts to read again, the list goes on. Not to mention the bookmarks on my other computer. There were so many that when looking for a particular […]
Shabby Apple Dress SALE!!
Remember the giveaway I had a few weeks ago for a Shabby Apple dress? Well guess what? Shabby Apple is having a 20% off sale on practically everything (except swimwear) for the whole month of July!! Even their clearance and practically perfect items are eligible for the 20% discount. YES!! Just use the code SUMMER20 […]
To be or not to be . . .
. . .induced. It’s a tough question to answer. And one I don’t take lightly.This time we decided to go ahead and schedule an induction for July 18th, one week before my due date of July 25th. There were a myriad of factors we, Mr. Ferrero Rocher, the doctor and I, looked at before deciding. […]
Naming a baby
(I like this illustration because Mr. Ferrero Rocher remembers sucking those same fingers as a little boy. Thankfully none of our children has had troubles with finger sucking!) As anyone who has ever had a baby knows, choosing a name is hard! There are so many factors to take into consideration: family names, does it […]