Category Archives: Feature

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 2/12/15

A few observations from the week: Flu makes you humble. Immediately. Flu with a toddler or a toddler with the flu is an entire new ball game. Bath tubs have a hot and cold faucet. Someone needs to invent an inflatable mattress “faucet” so you don’t have to drag yourself to and from your bedroom every time. Hot tea...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 2/5/15

I hope you all enjoyed the musings from Jonny last week. A few edits from the article: I’m not called the Scrumptious Lady, ever. He does still talk about NASA all of the time. I may or may not harass him for it. I have captioned for NASA before, and they invited our family down...
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The Wooden Spoon by Jonny Rankin – 1/29/15

My lovely wife Shelly, aka the Scrumptious Lady, has challenged me to write this week’s Wooden Spoon article. For all you “How I Met Your Mother” viewers out there, challenge accepted! As most of you know, I am The Dashing Gent, whatever that means. To clarify, the only reason I’m called this is because my wife...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 1/22/15

This week has consisted of: “Coughing, sneezing, snot, we wondered where you’ve been. This cold says, I could show you incredible things. Snot, Kleenex, orange juice The germs saw us there and then they thought Oh my gosh just look at that face You look like a great mistake.” Okay, enough of the Taylor Swift madness, but seriously, we have been very...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 1/15/15

After running around making a vet appointment for the little, doctor’s appointment for the cat, sending the dashing gent on a work trip, and The Scrumptious Little dropped off at the right location for a couple hours, I’m here, somewhat put together, all before 8:00 in the morning! Per usual, I ran out of coffee...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 1/8/15

It’s about a week into 2015, and this year has already brought ear infections, a minor stomach bug, cat acne, and the ability to 3-D print your food. If that doesn’t sound appetizing, I don’t know what does. Let me explain. The Little had the ear infections for weeks with no detection other than grumpiness, which...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 1/1/15

Greetings one and all! Another December has almost come and gone already! I can’t even believe it. It was such a joy Christmas morning watching Charlie unwrap presents and then dig into a Christmas Breakfast Flatbread Pizza I made us for brunch! Because I’m prepping for next week’s article already recapping the year’s top recipes, and...
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