I’m just going to casually slip in. Hoping it goes unnoticed that I have again been absent for over a month (nearing two). How’s life? How’s the fam? How’s the weather? Stressful, good, turning cold/about to […]
Remind me, this is spring time, right? Nearly mid-April? There is rain (as I type), making a pond of our backyard, causing both myself and the dogs to stare out the porch windows, wishing we could […]
I’m settled in my winter doldrum. The temps have dipped from mostly bearable (even though I’d be pleased to live somewhere where it rarely snows and dips below 40) to freaking freezing with wind. My dad […]
Sweet mashers, mashed sweeties, what do you call mashed sweet potatoes? Sure, there’s mashed potatoes but, like me, do you prefer to differentiate between regular potatoes and sweet ones? There’s an obvious difference in taste, color, […]
It’s cold. Turning colder. After a freakishly mild winter thus far in Minnesota, as it has been in other parts of the United States, the chill has arrived. Our house (we’ve lived here for about a […]
Welcome to 2012! I don’t know why but even numbers (and right turns) are more appealing to me. Call me a weirdo. But I could be extra excited about this year because we’re so in love […]
My husband and I move into our first house in a little more than a week. What? That’s crazy talk. The scene around the apartment looks like this in multiple areas… While the view outside is […]
I know I said Thanksgiving wouldn’t be happening, meaning no meal, no plans due to the hustle and bustle of buying our first house, packing and moving in 3 weeks! Well, that’s changed. Greg’s employer kindly […]