Wordless Wednesday: Snow Day
Thank God it’s Wordless Wednesday. I have no energy left to form a sentence. That said, it was a good day. And I don’t say that only because it ended with drinking Prosecco in my neighbor’s kitchen.
Souper Tuesday: Homemade Tomato Sauce (or, Food for a Southern Snowpocalypse)
Happy Tuesday! I’ll honest with you: I don’t really feel like writing today. First, I finally picked up Mary Roach’s latest book, Gulp, at the library yesterday, and I could easily spend the rest of the night in bed reading….
Five things I finished this week
Monday was a holiday, but it’s been a long week nonetheless. Still, I managed to accomplish a few things. Here are five. 1) A book. Yep, I finally finished a book, Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri. It was my first since…
(Not) Wordless Wednesday: Why I Love Wednesdays
See this? This is why I love Wednesdays. I know this is supposed to be “wordless” Wednesday, but let me explain. I have a standing date with Anthony and his “cardio kick” class at the Y every Wednesday night at…
Souper Tuesday: “Crazy Thursday” Black Bean Soup (or, there’s no ‘cry’ in ‘eating.’)
Last Thursday, I had one of those days. You know, the ones that by 10:00 you are already so tired you have no idea how you will make it to lunch? And somehow you do, and at 4:00 you’re standing…
Update: January spending freeze (in which I shift all my emotional energy from furniture to frozen yogurt)
January is halfway over, so I thought I’d update you on my January spending freeze. The good news is that so far I’ve kept my resolution. It has not been without temptation. First, we took down our Christmas decorations last weekend….
Souper Tuesday: Creamy Carrot and Millet Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons
No one in our house wanted to get up today. Even Rory, who lived up to his nickname by acting as our house rooster with his random yells and wall kicking. When I finally pulled on my robe and glasses…
Friday photos: Rory, 20 months
Yesterday, I took Rory to the library for story time. It was our second visit in one week. (This is what happens when you give up shopping for the month.) While we stayed for the full 30 minutes, Rory did…
(Sort of) Wordless Wednesday: The Training Wheels Come Off
So there’s this thing in the blogosphere called Wordless Wednesday. (I assume there’s also something in the blogosphere called “blogosphere,” but don’t fact check me on that one, okay?) Or maybe this was a thing. Honestly, when it comes to…
