Why is it when you are bed-bound due to a cold, so doped up on medicine that you can’t read, yet not tired enough to actually sleep, there is nothing remotely interesting on tv to watch?
I started coming down with a cold on Friday morning at work. I’ve been really lucky so far [...]
Archive for November, 2008
30 Nov
Cough, Sneeze, Sniffle…
26 Nov
Awesome Sausage, Apple, and Cranberry Stuffing
Don’t mock me. I didn’t come up with the title. I found this recipe on AllRecipes.com and if the delightful aroma coming from my kitchen is any indication, it will fully live up to its name. This is my first time making stuffing, and as I need to leave the house early tomorrow, I decided [...]
24 Nov
A tale of two cats…
Remember this picture?
I leave the room for just a moment and catch our cat Fuzzy partaking of my glass of wine…
Later that evening, we found her like this:
Clearly, she had a problem. We condcuted a kitty intervention, cut off the booze (and limited her supply of catnip just to be safe).
Imagine my surprise to walk [...]
22 Nov
My Day
Today I drove to my parents house near Twin to use her sewing machine for awhile. One of my homemade Christmas gifts required some stiching, and while I could have done it all by hand, I thought it would be much quicker, not to mention straighter, if I used the machine. In the end, I still [...]
19 Nov
What do you think?
So, this year for Thanksgiving, my status has been elevated from “She who brings the soda” to “She who brings the stuffing”. It’s a major increase in my stock, and I’ve been debating over various recipes for the occasion.
I finally settled on “Awesome Sausage, Apple and Cranberry Stuffing” Their title, not mine people. You can [...]
15 Nov
Did you know…
It’s been over 1 year since I started this blog?! Finally, I followed through on something! My mother will be so proud…or embarrassed about half the stuff I write about. Furthermore, I’m amazed at how many visits I’ve had to this site. 5,729 “visits” so far… True, it’s probably just 3 of my [...]
14 Nov
More Poetry
Couldn’t resist sharing just one more bit from Li-Young Lee’s poem, “Virtues of a Boring Husband”…
“Maybe it’s true, what sages have said,
I don’t know if I’m remembering it right.
Something about moving up a ladder of love
Maybe we learn
to love a person, say, first as object
and then as presence, and then as essence,
and then as disclosure [...]
14 Nov
Cooking, Needles and Poetry
Tonight I finally got around to making soup from the leftover chicken I roasted on Monday. I really hadn’t planned on actually cooking anything tonight, but I was pretty sure the chicken was minutes away from salmonella setting in, so I couldn’t put it off any longer. I was amazed at how quick and easy it [...]
11 Nov
Is anyone else…
… excited about Christmas!?!?!
I’ve started my planning and plotting early this year and am firmly resolved to stick to a truly homemade Christmas. I’m stretching my horizons, and trying out some things that are not in my comfort zone, so fair warning to friends and family, it could be really good or really bad this year, [...]
