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How to Make a Custom Cookie Cutter
As I was planning for my son’s Pi themed party, I figured I’d be able to track down a Pi shaped cookie cutter with out too much trouble. (Doesn’t everyone have a need for such a cookie cutter?) I did my usual Google searching and came across a really nice copper cookie cutter on Amazon, but at $23, it was priced higher than I wanted to spend. (Edited to add: I have since seen them on Etsy for under $5, but that wasn’t the case while I was planning the party.) After my online search came to a halt, I called around to some local stores who typically carry unique…
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Pi Banner Download
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Throw a Pi Party to Celebrate the Math Lover in your Life
When your kid loves math as much as ours does, at some point you’re gonna want to throw them a Pi Party…and what better day to have the party than on March 14, National Pi Day. According to Piday.org, Pi Day is celebrated around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159…… I don’t know how many people treat this day as an actual recognized holiday, but in our home it is a day to celebrate! We dine on all things circular: Sliced Cucumber Ritz Crackers Doughnuts Pizza Orange…
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Ernst Family, Tear Down Those Walls
Extreme Home Makeover: Ernstopia Edition Who hasn’t watched “Extreme Home Makeover” and wanted to just throw a sledge hammer through a wall? I know I have and although we didn’t have a sledge hammer the crowbar is equally gratifying!We saw no need to pay a bunch of construction workers to come over and tear out the kitchen when we had three willing and able kids who would do it for free! I might venture to say they would even pay us to rip out more walls! As you can guess, they loved every minute of it! Not wanting to be left out of the fun, I hopped up on the…
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Good-Bye Old Stove
Demo day three and now it’s starting to get serious. I packed up my dishes, spices and vitamins from the upper cupboards and watched as the guys tore out the cabinets. There’s no turning back…we are officially ripping out major parts of our kitchen…like this old wall oven. I think this oven officially qualifies as vintage…and not the good kind of vintage. Besides the smaller interior, this oven boasts a sill operational flip-down clock. I’m certain that’s not the official name, but you know the kind I’m talking about. It’s not a clock with hands, it’s not digital, the numbers actually flip down as each minute or hour passes. It’s…
