In college, friends and I watched the Food Network occasionally–specials about how doughnuts are made, etc. It always made us hungry though, so we had to be careful to limit our viewing to hours that the dining hall was open or we had access to a great local doughnut shop. These days, Scott and I…
Proudly Presenting, Farm Animal Stress Balls
We had a party at the library today for participants in the Adult Summer Reading Program. There was really delicious homemade cake (with decorations, no less), so naturally that was my favorite part of the event. My second favorite element surprised me, however. It wasn’t the good conversation about books and book characters that we…
Banana Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins (and there’s chocolate)
When I read the title of this recipe, I was undecided. Because it’s a banana oat yogurt muffin. Healthy doesn’t always mean tasty. Then I saw the picture: Why didn’t the title lead with the chocolate chips, for crying out loud!? Chocolate Chip Banana Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins? Yes, I’ll try one of those, even…
Of Baseboards and Mondays
Please forgive me for the forthcoming post. It’s just a Monday, you know? It’s ordinary, and I’ll be at work for a huge chunk of the day, and that’s that. If that’s all you can stand to read about Monday, I humbly suggest that you skip ahead to the last paragraph. Laughs await via the…
Hank the Ballpark Pup and Other Things Baseball
Since the Thursday night baseball game did in fact get postponed because of rain, we had some spare time at the ballpark. Part of that was filled by a grown man using the infield tarp as a slip-n-slide. Good stuff. Part of the time was used for YouTube. Naturally. I learned lots of fun things…
Why I Will Never Meet a Famous Person
Last night was much-anticipated at our house because it was the night Mountain Man was in Lynchburg for a minor league baseball game. And we had free tickets. Talk about a good Thursday night plan! In case you don’t know who Mountain Man is, he’s sometimes on Duck Dynasty, which we greatly enjoy watching on…
Thanks, Giada ( for your Gorgonzola burgers)
Okay, let’s say you already know an amazing recipe for blue cheese burgers. But you want more. And maybe you want grilled tomatoes instead of fancy onions on your burger. Maybe you even want to use Gorgonzola instead of blue cheese. Well, you’re in luck, my friend! We tried one of Giada’s newer recipes last…
Small, but valuable. 