Elizabeth Peterson, Author at Minding My Peas

Healthy Groceries on a Budget

July 14, 2016 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 5 Comments

Welcome to my second post about my never ending quest for healthy groceries on a budget. I’ll be including my menu inspiration for the week and what I actually had on my grocery list. I already like doing this post series, even if I’m the only person who gets anything…

Healthy Groceries on a Budget

For the last 4 years or so, first while we were saving for our house and again now that we’re in a preparatory job phase and living off of savings, we’ve been on a relatively tight budget. Our grocery budget is $100 per week. This covers all of our food (for 2…

Minding Peas and Combining Blogs

July 8, 2016 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments No Comments

If you read my blog regularly (or at least as regularly as I post things) you might notice that I’m at a different blog address now. This is a combination blog. I’ve brought over all my old posts from my personal blog (The Story of a Girl) AND my book…

Sophia on Father’s Day

June 20, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments

Name & Age: Sophia age 4 1. What is daddy’s name? Joshua Peterson? What is something daddy always says? I love you 2. What do you and daddy do together when Mommy’s gone? We play in my room 3. What makes daddy happy? Working his truck 4. How does your…

Sophia, Age 4

April 12, 2016 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 1 Comment

This picture says it all, Sophia. You are bright, witty, sweet, hilarious, bossy, and smart. When I sing, “You are my sunshine,” I mean it literally. You are the sunshine on a rainy day, and your smile lights up a room. And, you are 4 today. Your 4 years of…

Klaus, Age 2

April 9, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments

It’s your second birthday today, Klaus! It’s both difficult to believe that you’re two, and impossible to believe that you’re only two. You’re nearly 3 feet tall, and a healthy 35 pounds, but you’re still such a snuggle-child sometimes. You’re smart and talkative, always eager to be in on…

One More Times A Million

March 24, 2016 Uncategorized 1 Comment

New babies change life in a thousand different tiny ways. There are the new tiny clothes in the laundry, new pieces of furniture and baby toys that suddenly occupy most free spaces in your home, and the newly essential accessories that go missing at the most inopportune times. (Bulb suction…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #25

February 3, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments

Welcome back to our Kid’s Library Haul series. This is a weekly series where I give you snappy reviews of our favorites from our weekly library haul. We read a LOT of children’s books from the library and I like to keep things positive here, so books that I thought were terrible…

Book Review: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

February 1, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments

Book Review of: A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) by Deanna Raybourn Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction Veronica Speedwell has just buried the last of her benefactress aunts, and is preparing to set off on a new scientific journey. Though her occupation as a scientist and lepidopterist is extremely suspicious to…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #24

January 27, 2016 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life Uncategorized 4 Comments

Yay! We’re finally back from our no-library induced library haul hiatus! Our local library just reopened at their new location–conveniently located within walking distance of my house (!!!) and I am extra excited to discover all the new little goodies in store for us there. But, that’s a post for…