May 2009

Big Baseball News

by gidget family

Most of you probably know that we are a baseball-loving family… this post might make you also think we are certifiably nuts. This Friday we are leaving on a 3-week long trip to see 14 MLB baseball games throughout the midwest and the east coast. Seriously. We’ll be documenting our travels on Round Ball, Round [...]

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Mum’s Pasta Two Ways

by Emma food

My Mum is pretty amazing.  Not only as a Mum, but as a chef!  She was the manager of a catering business in Australia for many years, and has a knack for making great food! She is also pretty amazing because she caters to my vegetarian needs, and my carnivorous husband too! Here is how [...]

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Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits

by Emma food

Mother’s Day was extra special for me this year! I had my Mum visiting from Australia, so to celebrate we hosted a Mother’s Day breakfast. One of the yummiest items on the menu was the Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits from Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics. We had a couple left over so I sliced one in [...]

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Getting Crafty

by gidget sewing & crafts

I’ve been trying to work crafts in to my days more lately. I even have a tutorial I’ll be posting soon! Here are a couple of projects I’ve done lately. A dress for Chiquita to wear to her Aunt’s wedding {Simplicity Pattern #3740}! A Ruffle Top for me {from Sew, Mama, Sew}! A quilt for [...]

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Green Product Reviews and More!

by gidget food

I hope you like my new makeover! Make sure you check out the fancy new footer (scroll all the way down). First of all, I want to congratulate the winner of the Lunapads giveaway; it’s Annie!  I’ll be forwarding your information on and you should be contacted soon! And I promise I used random.org to [...]

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Happy Birthday, Chiquita!

by gidget family

Hard to believe that my little miracle baby is two today! She’s such a big girl in so many ways and still my little baby in others. We are so blessed by her.

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Sun Safety~ Is Your Sunscreen Putting You in Danger?

by gidget green & natural living

A few months ago I wrote a guest post for Green & Clean Mom about my journey to going green.  If you haven’t read it already, you might enjoy reading that post! For me, it all started with personal care products, and specifically, sunscreen. Using the Skin Deep cosmetics database, it’s easy to see how [...]

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Bloggy Meetup With Chrissie

by gidget fun

On Saturday morning my family and I met up with someone who has gone from a blogger who I like to a real-life friend! After meeting Chrissie from Flipflops and Applesauce at BlissDom 09 and realizing we lived only about an hour apart, we vowed to meet up with our families. We finally did it [...]

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Happy Sunday~ May 3rd

by gidget faith

This post was inspired by one of my favorite blogs, Joy’s Hope. It just may be a new weekly (or somewhat-weekly) feature here at GGH. Emma’s taking a break on her column this week because her “Mum” is visiting from Australia! I do have something particularly fun to share with you tomorrow though! I hope [...]

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One of Our Favorite Spots

by gidget life is beautiful

We spent last weekend camping at one of our favorite places. It’s just a few miles from where we lived when I was pregnant with Chiquita and where we brought her home to after she was born. When I was pregnant we used to come walk down by the Huntington Beach Pier every week and [...]

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