It’s December 30th, and I’m sitting on the sofa writing this post that I’ll share tomorrow for New Year’s Eve. The tree is still lit, though looking a little bare without presents underneath. There’s a fire going because Georgia has finally given us some actual winter weather. Remy-dog is snoring at my side, Callie-cat is…
Happy Boxing Day, y’all. It’s been a hot minute (okay, maybe two or three … or five), but here we are again with a fresh Friday roundup. I’m not making any promises about this becoming an every Friday thing just yet, but let’s see where this goes. That’s it for me this go-round. I hope…
Merry Christmas! This post was scheduled in advance; I’m not actually writing blog posts on Christmas Day. Having been a blogging slacker for <mumble> years, I had one solid moment of blogging motivation earlier in the week and decided to roll with it, scheduling a couple of posts for the coming days. It’s 75°F in…
For the past 8 years I’ve posted a Thanksgiving and a Christmas menu to social media. My partner has shared them with his family and co-workers as well. Here’s this year’s Christmas menu. It started out pretty simple with just steaks, fish, and a few sides. But then I started seeing some recipes online and…
Because it’s been a minute (or two) since I’ve been regularly posting, y’all haven’t gotten to meet Remy. I was going to refer to him as the “newest member of the household” but honestly his gotcha-day was almost 2 years ago. It’ll be 2 years in February, in fact. It took a month or so…
A little after the fact, but here’s our menu from this year’s Thanksgiving and a few food photos. I wound up sending a text to everyone attending around noon, telling them that I was running about an hour behind. Giving myself that extra hour made the day so much less stressful and we had a…
I finalized our Thanksgiving menu for this year. It’s pretty much the same as every other year. Thanksgiving is the one holiday that no-one in the family wants to mess with. We’ve pretty much perfected it with our combination sous-vide/deep fried turkey and sides that everyone loves. And, of course, pies.
I saw the news on Twitter first, and then the nearly immediate follow up by the NY Times; Julie Powell had died of cardiac arrest on November 1st of this year. She was 49. Julie was maybe the first real average person food blogger who became famous off of the internet. There have been plenty…
Aaaannnnd … it’s October. Wow. The last couple of months have flown by and so much has happened. We went on vacation. I started moving to the house (it’s a long process). And now we’re right smack in the middle of the Holidays (yes, with a capital “H”). For me, the Holidays start mid-October and…
It’s been a while since my last roundup! Yikes! A lot has happened since my last posting: A couple of long vacation trip weekends with friends, a lot of work changes, some medical appointments, and most recently and annoyingly – a flooded downstairs. Now I’m waiting on insurance to approve quotes so I can get…
I’m so ready for spring to get here that I almost can’t stand it! I have started more seeds than my garden can hold and I’m ready to get outside and play in the dirt. In the meanwhile, here’s my weekly offering of random things. It’s the little things sometimes. I ordered this packet of…
It’s been a long, busy, stressful week. Hope y’all are doing ok. Here’s this weeks offering. Enjoy This is the week that 2 of my 4 kitchen appliances decided to give me the middle finger. The fridge is not cooling properly and I’m going to try to diagnose and fix it myself before calling out…
