Archive for the 'Life' Category

Grill Lust

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

::pant::pant::pant::
That’s it. I absolutely must have it. I’ve been planning my outdoor kitchen for a while, never finding quite what I was looking for. Then I spied this, just before I was going to order the grill I had settled on.

I wants it. And I will haves it. My Precioussss. 40,000 BTU grill. 15,000 BTU […]

All Apologies

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

It’s come to my attention that I’ve been a really bad blogger, pretty much flaking on everything blog related for the past week or so, in lieu of food taking a back seat to pretty much everything else going on right now. I apologize profusely.
However, my absence doesn’t mean I didn’t eat or cook - […]

8 Step Kitchn Cure 2008 - Week 1 (Before)

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

OK, I have a major confession to make: my kitchen is a frickin’ mess. I’ve got a big problem with stockpiling food. I think it stems from being really poor (I had three jobs - 1 full time and 2 part time, all paying minimum wage at the time; if that’s not a good reason […]

Eeek! A Mouse!

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

I have meant to work my way through the pantries for ages now, but now I’m at the point where some unwelcome visitors in the house have forced the issue.
We were searching the other day for matzo ball mix, and when we finally found the box, it was stuck to two others, with a mouse […]

Snow Shoveler’s Breakfast

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

I fed the husband before sending him out to shovel snow. We figured he’d burn off this burly breakfast in no time flat. And he did. Even though he has only finished half the driveway so far. Suddenly, paying the neighbor boy $15 to shovel the rest doesn’t seem like a bad deal. But I […]

Blizzard of 2008

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Here I am reporting directly from Blizzard Central, where it’s STILL snowing, and will continue to do so for several hours. It looks like I didn’t have to worry about making it to the farmer’s market anyway, as it got cancelled.

Here’s a picture of our deck, with a foot already on the ground and another […]

Admin Note: More Medical Woes

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Just a quick note to let you all know that I’m not dead…yet. I’m having major setbacks with healing from my surgery, and will be heading to the ER and probably the operating room later today. I’m not sure how long I’ll be in the hospital - could be 2 days, could be 6 weeks, […]

Kissing the Ground

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Well, I’ve clicked my heels three times (figuratively, of course), and I’m back in the grand ‘ole USA. It was a tough trip (with all the flight delays, other issues, and the joy of being randomly selected for secondary inspection by the TSA’s - how farking violating!), but I made it back in one piece […]

When All Else Fails…

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

As I’ve suffered through the worst of the last week, some words of wisdom from my Oma, tucked away years and years ago, echoed in my head. “There will come a time in your life, Rebecca, when you’ll try to eat and be unable to tolerate any food at all. When that time comes, the […]

Quick Admin Post

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Just a quick administrative post to let you all know that I’m still alive (barely), and that I’ve been having a few complications in my recovery - they punctured my dura layer during the epidural part of my anesthesia so I’ve been having to suffer with migraine headaches so severe all week (this coming from […]