Linkfest: For your [hungry] inner child
Lately, my inner child wants to eat lots of yummy (bad for you) foods at a time that will most likely ruin my appetite for the upcoming meal. I have to tell her to be quiet (sometimes I shove a rice...
View ArticleLinkfest: Chocolate Obsession
What’s that you say? You’re having difficulty getting enough chocolate into your diet? Never fear, I have collected some recipes to help you get through this trying dietary dilemma. Some basics:...
View ArticleLinkfest: A Bit Healthier
Some things I’ve bookmarked recently: 7 Fat-Fighting Dinner Recipes | Fitness Magazine – Specifically, Southwestern Black Bean Cakes with Guacamole, but there are 6 other recipes that look good too!...
View ArticleLinkfest: Summer Drinks
Some things I’ve bookmarked recently: Is It Iced Coffee Weather? – Simple, yet informative. Frothy Ginger Infused Limeade (Raw Epicurean) Iced Coffee? No Sweat (NYTimes) Savebucks! How to make...
View ArticleLinkfest: Back to School Cookies
I figured it was about time that I’d share some more links with you, and with school starting today (for pre-college students, that is), and the change in weather, well, I thought cookie recipes fit...
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Received!
For me, DQS9 is now officially over. I received a note today saying the quilt I’d mailed out had been received, and I received mine in the mail on Tuesday. So, lots of pictures ahead! Let’s start with...
View ArticleLinkfest: Lunch sides
Following up on last week’s sandwich post (I meant to post this Thursday), I’ve got some links for things that make for good lunch sides (or parts of sandwiches, perhaps). Enjoy! Breads / Bread-like...
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Squashy Linkfest
It has been a looong time since I’ve had a linkfest post. It’s not that I’ve stopped bookmarking recipes and cool stuff, just that I haven’t had the time and energy to do it up right. But, since I’ve...
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Linkfest – Preserving the Harvest
Well, I’m still waiting to see if there’s any negative feedback from the last linkfest post with pictures, but I’m going to go ahead and do it again and hope for the best. I’ve mentioned before that...
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Linkfest: Apples
It’s time for our annual apple orchard visit. As you may remember, we had to find a new orchard this year, as Sponsel’s closed last year. We’d gone there for 8 years in a row (a few posts: 2010, 2009,...
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Whoops. Totally missed that milestone.
In case you were wondering, last Friday was one year of being caffeine-free (with a few exceptions). Who would have thought I could last that long? After discovering a new blog today, I’ve decided to...
View ArticleTeeccino Review
The last time I had coffee (and a significant quantity of caffeine) was September 4th, 2008. Why did I give it up? It wasn’t even a fully conscious decision at the time. I thought maybe I’d try cutting...
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Boo tendinitis
I’m guessing I won’t garner as much sympathy if I say that I probably brought it on myself. Did you know that almost every hobby I have (with the exception of sleeping) aggravates my elbow? True story....
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Pausing to Ponder
[Yes, I finally uploaded some pictures to Flickr, but no, I don’t have time to blog about them just yet. Sorry.] So, like most people at this time of year, I am feeling like there are way too many...
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Your guess is as good as mine
(What this blog post has to do with the pictures I’ve included.) I’m not sure if this is a universal reaction or not (because I respond strangely to cold medication), but you know that feeling you get...
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Yum!
I [perhaps foolishly] spent most of yesterday afternoon baking. I made four batches of muffins, a batch of icebox cookie dough, and a double batch of chocolate chip cookies. (OK, I only baked up part...
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I almost couldn’t fall asleep last night
That’s how excited I was about what I’m about to tell you next. (That probably gives you an insight into how “exciting” life is these days.) I made bread last night. And it was fantastic! It even looks...
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Friday5
What is absolutely the best cookie you’ve ever had? I’m a huge fan of Super-Sized Ginger Chewies from Big Fat Cookies by Eleanor Klivans (the cookie book I talk about all the time – it has every...
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