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A long while ago, my husband mentioned that he was in the mood for some sort of Cajun pasta.  It was around Lent, so I thought - why not make it a Cajun shrimp pasta and kill two birds with one stone"  The problem was finding the perfect recipe....

I...just don\'t even know what to say readers.  I\'m sorry"Truth be told, the time I\'ve spent away from the blog has been spent quite well.  For example, I watched my little sister marry the love of her life and enjoyed every minute of it....

Today I am 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I\'ve been putting on a brave face, but in truth every muscle and joint and ligament and ounce of of my freaking being is uncomfortable. The thing is, I realize that less than a year ago I would have given...

Well, here we are at the end of summer.  Also, when did the end of summer start to coincide with the first week in August"  That\'s nuts!  While I\'m a little late in the month to get this monthly meal planning post up, I have a good excuse....

I don\'t know if you remember, but I used to write a blog about being a new mom.  And now I write mostly about cooking and meal plans and food.  I hope you aren\'t growing tired of that.  I feel like people are generally pretty excited about...

Okay, sorry for the delay - I\'m back with my March meal plan!As I\'m sure I\'ve mentioned here before, we\'re a Catholic family and so with Lent steadily approaching, you\'ll notice that on Ash Wednesday and the next several Fridays, we...

If ever you walked into the NMTOB house, you would find yourself staring at a whole lot of pictures of our faces.  I\'ve never really been so great at decorating and I\'m even worse at finding wall art that doesn\'t A: resemble something you...

Dear TIH,I don\'t even try to hide the fact that I was not really a baby person before I became a mother.  Whenever I would hold a friend\'s baby before becoming a mother myself, it was as though the baby could sense I was uncomfortable and he...

As I\'ve made pretty clear in my posts here, one of the most beneficial things I\'ve found about meal planning is giving my family a varied and well-rounded dinner menu for the month.  Because we like our veggies around the NMOTB house, we go...

We\'ve been going through a really cute phase in the New Mom on the Blog house.  The Incredible Hulk has deemed it his job to find various things in the house that are either "comfy" or "cozy."  The tags on his clothes are his favorites....

Check me out.  I was able to register the New Mom on the Blog domain name over the weekend and even get it set up with my old URL.  I\'m official y\'all.  Though you will be redirected from the old .blogspot URL, you can update your bookmarks...

Lido missed the boat that dayHe left the shackBut that was all he missedAnd he ain\'t comin\' backDear Lido,A little over five years ago, there was a great buzz going around the hospital where I worked that the feral cat who lived in the...

Please add this post to the every growing list of New Mom on the Blog posts that are nothing about being a "new mom."  Also add it to the also lengthy list of blog posts tagged under "shameless self-promotion."Jazz hands for days.As I teased in...

In addition to providing some reviews of all of the recipes we tried as part of our July meal plan, this month I am also providing you all with an idea of what happens in the NMOTB household after the meal plan is created (as promised.)When people...

Well, hello February.  And hello blog that I have neglected for the last half of the month.And hello to you, dear reader.The last month has been a little nutty for the NMOTB household and while we did do a nice job of sticking to our meal plan (as...

I need something to shame me into being a better blogger, I think.  Work is crazy (in a good way) with no chance of slowing down until the summer.  My spring break went by in a blink.  And here we are - April.  And spring.  (Though, I was...

Brevity has never been my strong suit.You ask me what time it is and I\'ll tell you how to build a clock.So, as the weeks and then months and then nearly a year passed - I really wasn\'t sure how I could come back here without writing nothing...

Photo credit: Rosser PhotographyAs a first-time (and hopefully to someday be, second-time) mom, I\'m frequently weighed down by the overwhelming amount of lessons I am responsible to teach to my son.  So, I recently started writing down the ones...

Unless you\'ve been living in a cave, you\'ve probably heard that regions in the Midwest are experiencing something called a "Polar Vortex." (I linked you to a Wikipedia article to explain what that is, but I\'ll give you the Cliff\'s...

If you\'ve never heard the song referenced in this post\'s title, please FEAST YOUR EYES.  Because, it is one of my all time favorites.So, last year around this time I had this wild idea that I\'d really like to host Thanksgiving at my house...

First things first - a winner!Congratulations to Wendy!  You are now the proud owner of a new (pink!) GooseWaddle gift set.  You will hear from me soon for details on how to claim your prize.  ENJOY!-----Next things next - a meal plan.  I know I...

Last month I got to see my little sister marry the love of her life.  The minute she asked me to be her matron of honor, I knew exactly what I wanted to say to her in her toast.  I thought I\'d share it with you all today.  Enjoy.I\'m an ugly...

Okay, as promised, I\'m here today to give you what remains of the October 2014 meal plan.  I say "what remains" because although I meal planned the first and second weeks of the month...for the life of me, I cannot remember what we ate.  Some...

Guess what"  Even though you didn\'t see them"  There were meal plans for the months of May and June!  So...even if I slacked as a blogger, I can say that my tried and true methods of monthly meal plans continue to remain intact.  I tried...