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…
Category: Misc.
Sea of Thoughts
Okay, I’ll admit that today’s blog post is pretty random. It happened like this… We went to a friend’s baby shower this weekend, so of course we looked at their baby registry before that. And of course I got a catalog from one of those companies last night–Land of Nod. They have plenty of practical…
Snowventures
Okay, so we’re no Boston right now, but we did get some snow that’s been around for lots o’ days. Virginia snow doesn’t usually last more than a few days, which makes that kind of a big deal. On the first post-snow morning (and the second), I got a Scott and Peanut escort to and…
Adrenaline Day
Yesterday was a bit of an adventure for us. It was a two-part adventure, actually. It started with a job interview for Scott and then moved on to some brief public speaking for me. I figured that Scott should be finished with the interview and sharing news about how it went by 11 AM. Noon…
Reasons to Watch Nashville
Before I even tell you why I like the television show Nashville, I’ll hedge a bit. This show is a soap opera. Definitely. There are car accidents and comas (or close), children who don’t know who their real father is, etc. I’m not proud of liking a soap opera. But. The show does have some…
New Stuff Day
Yesterday was like Christmas Junior, mostly because we started putting Christmas presents away and enjoying said presents. It was pretty fun. I don’t even mind washing dishes when they’re new glasses and things that need to find a spot in the kitchen. One of the happy post-Christmas changes included a bathroom cabinet face-lift thanks to…
New Year Shine
Doesn’t the new year feel a little bit exciting to you? It’s a great time to pretend that the last year has been put away and the new year will be all kinds of different–I’ll eat right this time and work out more and everything will be wonderful. Right. I get that it never works…
Small, but valuable. 