We have a little bit of a book display problem at the library. Maybe “problem” is an overstatement. Anyway, we always want to make our displays more attractive. They need a bit of pizazz on top of books arranged nicely. This month, there’s a gardening display. And on Friday, I got crafty. I’m not the…
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Snack Attack
Scott made us a gourmet dinner last night. It was Giada’s Pork Chops Stuffed with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Spinach. The official version looks like this: Ours was rustic-looking but delicious. I made the guts of the stuffing, and Scott did the hard work of actual stuffing and cooking. I think we would both make this…
Orchid: Day One
There are some plants I’m scared to acquire. One of those plants is the lovely orchid. Why the plant fear? Well, I’m capable of keeping some plants alive. I can handle a Christmas cactus or anything that is good at showing me it needs care before it’s too late to do any good. Basically, I…
Real World Decorating
Okay, so you know how I painted that room a while ago? Well, I also decided to put up the curtains. Without finials. What?!?! Those curtain rods are definitely designed to have a thingamajig at the end. I decided I don’t care. Buying extra finials wasn’t worth it to me, and they looked kind of…
Books and Gnocchi
Have you noticed that gnocchi is everywhere lately? “Everywhere” might be an exaggeration, but I think it has been mentioned in three out of four books I’ve been reading lately. That’s pretty impressive (not the books I’m talking about below). What is gnocchi? I used to think it was dumplings made with potato as the…
The Great Blog Silence of 2015
You know that time period where I didn’t remember to blog? Well let me tell you about that. It was super busy at work (still is), and I learned that even though I thought I was supposed to get an hour for lunch, that wasn’t true at all. I was supposed to be getting half…
The Slow Life
I have found myself relaxing a lot this week. I haven’t made any new recipes (just a favorite–Roast Salmon with Lentils). I’ve been reading snippets of books I got part-way through ages ago (Seabiscuit and Brat Farrar). Did you know that to calm Seabiscuit down, they got him an older, wiser horse stall-mate? And a…
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