We are in the midst of a big run of freezing cold days. The weather man said that it was going to be the coldest stretch in 100 years or something like that. So it’s really cold. Despite the temperature, I took a few longer walks yesterday. The first one was at Bouve Conservation in…
It is probably a bit odd but I gave this soup as a Christmas gift to my grandfather. A gift should be something that you thoughtfully picked out just for that person. It should be influenced by your relationship …. and that’s how we get soup as a Christmas gift. My grandfather is incredibly strict…
Christmas morning is very much about traditions. For as long as I can remember we’ve spent it at my Aunt’s house. There are a few factors that never change: we are always late because of church and the menu. It would be weird if we didn’t have blueberry french toast and egg sausage casserole. Even…
Well, I caved and merged two weeks. In my defense, they were light weeks so it didn’t feel like I was missing the opportunity to share a million pictures or updates about pocket doors. I could just summarize week 11 by saying – too cold. I ended up being home from work two days this…
We have a cookie contest this coming week at work and despite all my prior cooking efforts, I’ve never been in a contest before. I wasn’t sure where I stood on the contest, was I going to take it seriously and really bring my A game? or keep it casual and do the bare minimum?…
I am rather firmly planted in the online shopping camp. My Amazon shopping history includes everything from batteries, to paper plates, to kayak paddles. But, you really can’t buy kitchen appliances online. Or at least I can’t. I need to see all the nooks, crannies, and details of my big purchase before I pull the…
Week 10 might be one of the biggest weeks we’ve had so far. So much happened – and the things that happened really signaled strong progress. Strong progress = happy homeowner = less stuff in storage… in the hopefully not so distant future. We are almost getting to a point where we are running out…
We had our first snow this past weekend … which pretty much had me craving all things hot with tomatoes and meat. Options lead to meatballs or chili. I had a pretty long day of looking at appliances at multiple appliance stores… so a low impact chili was the winner. In the effort to try…
I think just last week I was commenting on how unenthused I was about quinoa. I probably said the exact same thing the last time I made quinoa cakes. But, as I was wrapping up my weekend I felt the need to treat my body a bit like a temple. I had some leftover butternut…
I’ll be honest. I’m writing week 9 while we are in week 10 – but both weeks are so good that they deserve to be on their own. Maybe in week 21 I’ll change my mind and start merging things again. BUT, week 9. We started the back deck and I died with excitement. Not…
