The Haggard Herald

Madeleine pretty much never falls asleep during the afternoons anymore.  However, she's had a hard time being happy and finding things to do.  We were both having a hard time.  She and I were both often grumpy and unhappy with ourselves and each other.  I prayed for help to know how to help her deal with the afternoons.  I really value peace at home and a mutual love between us. It was really emotionally hard when she was getting mad at me for the littlest, silliest things day after day.  I knew she was tired, but I didn't know how to help her deal with it.  I'm glad to say we've come up with several solutions.  One clear impression I had was to teach her.  I decided we were going to have a special Mommy and Maddie school.  We made a poster board with our agenda and she loves following it step by step.   I made up a welcome to school song.  If you're curious, it goes like this:  Welcome to our school Welco...

Recipes aren't my typical post topic, but I think I've finally got a recipe for french chicken that comes close to Molly's!  I'm happy.  The girls are happy.  Matt is happy.  We are all happy to have "Molly's" french chicken at home and not just when we are lucky enough to go out to eat.  Here you go: ingredients: 2 TPSP butter 1 tsp salt 2 chicken breasts, cut into halves or thirds (or fourths if they are huge) 1/2 onion, halved and then sliced a bunch of big carrots, maybe 3/4-1 lb, peeled and cut into 3-4 inch pieces (I know it sounds like a lot but you're going to wish you had more of them when it's done) 4 cups chicken broth 4 TBSP white cooking wine 1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper 1 cup cream extra 1/2 cup water 1 TBSP corn starch how-to: melt butter with salt in a medium-large size pan (a pot could work too if you don't have a pan with sides that will hold all the liquid) add chicken over medium heat, lightly browning the...