Epic Ravioli

Scott was a pro at picking the best local food throughout our honeymoon. I picked whatever my carb-loving heart desired, but he consistently ordered the local specialty everywhere we went. Good job, husband! Well, we decided to recreate one of those awesome local specialties–the Bologna pumpkin ravioli, to be exact. And I believe our collective…

Dog Burglar

I’m not stealthy, so I will never be a cat burglar. With that cleared up, I’ll tell you a story.  We have some friends nearby who are in that special friend category where you’ve lost count of who cooked dinner for whom the most (or brought drinks or took care of the other people’s dog,…

Watercolor Step By Step

I’ve been working on an art project for a few days.  It was really a glorified excuse to think happy thoughts about a friend who recently had a baby, but that’s okay.  I figured that if the project went well, it could be customized for other folks and sold on my (someday soon to be opened) Etsy…

Cooking for Other Folks

My family goes out to eat with guests sometimes instead of cooking.  It saves prep time and dishes and stress, and I totally appreciate that.  Oddly enough, there’s also some sort of link between proximity to my house and going out instead of cooking.  Come to think of it, I’m not sure if I’ve ever…

Thermotaxic Thursday

It’s time to let one of my friends entertain you for a few minutes.  The friend of choice is one of my college roommates.  She’s an engineer who totally breaks the typical engineer mold.  One of those mold-breaking elements is that she loves to write miscellaneous poetry (almost always funny, not usually sappy or hard…

Moth Whisperer

I somehow forgot that my visiting friend is irresistible to all animals.  I guess I didn’t forget that general fact so much as I forgot how often it comes into play.  My dog is absolutely in love with her, which was expected, and she got a gorgeous moth to land on her last night as…

Don’t Forget the Snacks

Random side note for the day is that a friend hypothesized after my hard day at work recently that food should be added to the equation and everything would be better.  Not that we don’t eat lunch here, but that we should bring each other food just because.  Twenty-four hours later, it’s spring party time…