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A Week of Thanksgiving : ahem, well, y’know how it goes

On Thursday, I was thankful for a husband who willingly "took one for the team" and drank the whiskey called for in the ham recipe. He baked the ham while I was at work (yes, I volunteered, because I love my sourdough starter and it needs to be fed every day). The ham was a big hit, in fact we barely had any left over. Some time after dinner was over I caught my husband and Chris in the kitchen putting it away, and I do not mean into Tupperware containers! Although, that just proves it is a

November 29, 2010 No Comments Full Story

A Week of Thanksgiving : Wednesday

Yesterday I was so thankful for my wonderful husband and daughter that I didn't get around to writing about it! We cooked, and cleaned and cuddled and it was a lovely pre-Thanksgiving day.We are a great team! The simple family unit of ours, three people (punctuated by 3 cats of course), trudging sometimes, or dancing mostly through the days of our lives, well, it's the best darn thing to ever happen to me! I can't say it's all luck, because we do a lot of work to make things go here, but I do

November 25, 2010 No Comments Full Story

Things that are making me happy Right Now

Pizza with garlic & onion sauce, topped with spinach, mushrooms, ricotta, roasted beets and Havarti cheese. My fern is growing! Elizabeth Zimmerman's puzzle of a baby sweater pattern, and the magical internet community of knitters called Ravelry which helps me make sense of it. Oh, and the Araucania Nature Wool that is such a pleasure to knit up. My Distinguished Scholar daughter, who brought home some stratospheric WesTest results, decided to scent our last batch of homemad

September 16, 2010 No Comments Full Story