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First Cabin Weekend of the Summer

Back in June Eric had a wedding in Vermont and decided to extend the trip and spend some time in Boston visiting friends. I hate staying home alone for several days in a row so I took the girls up to the cabin to visit with my grandparents.  I forgot to bring my camera and it's pretty dark in the cabin so getting phone pictures is hardly worth it.  We had a great girls weekend. Evie played in the play house for house on end.  She would surface only to have us tie on her apron or to go potty. One afternoon we packed a picnic to go eat at the new town square green space, but got there and they were setting up for a craft show.   The girls didn't get to run around and play in the fountains as planned, but we still enjoyed our girls lunch with Nannie.  Evie was horrible and grumpy and refused to pose for any pictures. Maggie on the other hand was in hog heaven. She loved that Nannie treated the girls to Kilwins.  Evie and I shared sorbet and M...

What I'm Loving!

Meals from Local Sources Our breakfasts this week are entirely from the Roswell Farmers' Market or a known local source. We have eggs from Chris & Belinda, our egg and chicken providers - Eric and I are on a first name basis with them.  They bike and home brew, too! French bread from a new bakery at the market.   Cantaloupe  from one of our usual fruit & veggie suppliers.  The blueberries are from Whole Foods, but it was a one-day sale they had from a local farm.  The sausage is from a farm near our cabin, my grandmother discovered them one day.  The coffee is from Athens, Georgia.  While the beans are obviously not from here, they are roasted in Athens. Our New Cast Iron Pan Look at how cute it is?  It fit's perfectly on our large burner so it cooks evenly too!  This was one of our finds at the Lodge Cast Iron Outlet:  $6  Yep.  Our small fry pan gets used 2-3 times a day and is getting pretty beat up, des...