I love cooking, and I love painting, and sometimes I love a random craft project. Sometimes. Yesterday I went to Michael’s to conquer a craft project that would end with 11 bars of homemade soap for friends and family this Christmas. I was planning to go with a nice lemon soap, complete with lemon rind…
Procrastination Holiday Style
Well, Christmas is almost here again. I love it, I really do. I even like making the Christmas list (the grown-up one that has other people’s names on it). Since today is my day off instead of Saturday, I took the morning to work through the list to make sure everything is getting done and…
My Very Own Chicken Piccata
After a tiny bit of extra consideration and a helpful push from a reader (yes, of course it makes sense that a recipe is yours with even one change), may I proudly present my very own recipe for Chicken Piccata: Sure, it might not look like much next to a simple salad and half of…
Kung Pao Chicken and a Question of Recipe Ethics
I’ve been mulling over an ethical question lately. At what point have you transitioned from making minor adjustments to someone else’s recipe to being able to claim the recipe yourself? I’m not trying to be sneaky and claim recipes for myself that really belong to others. It’s just that I do often make several substitutions…
Rejected Christmas Card Picture Time
Scott and I finally got our Christmas card together last night. Whew. Between trying to find a good deal and picking something we both like, I was about to throw in the towel for the year. Admittedly, I hadn’t tried all that hard. We did finally pick a design, and then we got down to…
Crackly Days
It was crackly outside last night and a wet mix of crackly and slushy this morning. Simple as that. And Peanut went for a crinkly crackly ride to the dump. And the world rejoiced, because crackly trees are pretty. And stink bugs don’t survive well in the cold.
Friday Night Confession Time
You know that big social event I said I was going to tonight? Well, it’s 7:07, and that’s not happening. It was a long week. A week full of everything but sleep. I was standing up from 9 AM to 5:30 PM today (with the exception of my lunch break) after waking up at 5…
Small, but valuable. 