*Le Sigh* Life keeps happening around me and I can’t quite tell if I’m an active participant or an innocent bystander. I’m basically treading water at this point. The recap for 2018 will be in italics and updates will be in bold. When I get done with the back and forth, it’ll be just regular…
It’s Time To Go.
The quiet contemplation of sitting on the back patio, listening to the crickets and frogs sing their nightly songs, watching the flashes of lightning bugs travel up and down the soft sloping landscape which is only slightly obscured by the evening shadows, hearing the quiet chatter of neighbors down the street, and feeling the warm…
I’ve had a bad day, but not as bad as it’s been for my son.
I didn’t spend the day trying to write within the lines while my hands grasped the pencil so hard that it made my fingers hurt, leaving red bumps as a reminder that I have difficulty writing….but my son did. I didn’t spend the day worried what would happen if I didn’t stick to my routine….but…
Do You Remember Your First Calendar?
It was a status symbol of your adulthood. You probably got it after graduating from college. You might have acquired one in college. All you know is that the neatly outlined pages of lines and numbers represented your life…and it was starkly blank. Do you remember thinking to yourself what you would put on those…
One of these is not like the other.
Did you know that a food processor is not the same as a blender? Spoiler alert: They are not the same. At all. I’ve been in the market for blender for some time, and anyone who knows me knows my struggle with the current blender I have. It was a great blender for its intended…
The Holiday Season Was Busy, and Before I Knew It, We Were on the 472nd Day of Winter.
Not only is it SNOWING IN APRIL, but (phew!) I feel like it has been the hottest of minutes since I’ve given an update on our family. I think the last one was in January/February when I found out I have an autoimmune disease. Prior to that was a slew of diagnoses for my son…
Lessons From Food Processing
Step 1: Read the instructions. Step 2: In your haste, decide to skip Step 1. Step 3: Place food in newly purchased, deeply discounted Cuisinart 8-cup food processor. Step 4: Attach lid. Step 5: Blend food. Step 6: Trouble shoot why the food processor is not processing your food. Step 7: Realize lid is not…
What Even Is a “Cheesecloth”….
{Insert Alec Baldwin’s Trump impression} I fully understand the intended purpose of cheesecloth, and that it’s made of cotton, but seriously, though. What is cheesecloth? I bought some recently after months of intending to make a purchase. The problem is that I couldn’t find it in my local grocery store, or in any other “non-natural” store…
Super Fast Copy Cat Girl Scout Samoas No-Bake Cookie Balls
I have discovered that most of my recipes lately have turned into happy accidents, and that’s ok with me. It’s a lot better than a few years ago where I had mainly very, very unhappy and messy and burned and gross accidents. This recipe came about because my laziness trumps everything. Unfortunately, I’m lazy, and…
Stone Fruit Struggles
As I dive into this new realm of cooking, I have found that my shortcomings consist of not exactly knowing how to prepare food. Honestly, the entire premise of this blog is my misadventures in cooking, preparation included. For example, I struggle with cutting onions. I know that sounds crazy, but I’ve yet to sink…
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