The candles were lit last night for the first time.
The Merry Christmas banner was hung last night, too.
Tonight the star garland will be strung up across the room.
Tomorrow the groceries will arrive between 3 and 5 pm. 
The most exciting items in this week's delivery will include: a duvet set for the guest room (because we'll have a guest in three ( Read more... )

 If you were at the wedding, you might remember the place cards.  They were stamped birds on green card stock.  I tried to make it so that women got one stamp and the men another stamp.  Linda's best friend and her husband have been taking water color classes and after the wedding, Gene painted his own rendition of the birds from his and Gayle's ( Read more... )

I made peanut butter banana bread this afternoon and put a half cup of chocolate chips in it.  I wish I had left out the chocolate ( Read more... )

I absolutely love pumpkin pie.  Ask Linda and she will tell you I can eat an entire pie from Publix in close to one sitting.  The half a pie in one sitting?  Piece of [pie]!  I love pumpkin bread, too.  Now that I'm a coffee drinker (and by coffee, I mean a flavored latte with half a shot of espresso - and pretty soon I'm going to start asking for ( Read more... )

 Clark Kent and I have had a fabulous first Thanksgiving together.  And the day's not over yet - we still have a tree to decorate, hot chocolate to drink, and pumpkin cheesecake bars to eat (those pictures will come later).  But, we sure did have a great time cooking up our Thanksgiving dinner, spending time together, and basking in our gratitude ( Read more... )

I just can't wrap my head around how THIS
 
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Yesterday started out great - I got to wear an apron and use my newly acquired apple peeler and corer (33 pence a piece).  And, the apple breakfast bread turned out great as muffins.  I was feeling pretty confident substituting half the butter with applesauce and even adding a couple tablespoons of oil for moisture.  I even shredded the apples ( Read more... )

I got a bit depressed this evening as I sat at the kitchen table and planned out the meals for the week.  That's right, you read it right - I was planning out the week's meals.  Anyway, when I wrote the T that stands for Thursday, I looked up at Clark Kent (who was eating a crunchy baguette) and told him that I was really going to miss Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

This is the first Saturday since arriving (today marks the 7th Saturday) that we did not ride the bus anywhere - be it to Asda or into town. It was nice just sleeping in, having hot chocolate and banana bread for breakfast, doing domestic-y things like tending to laundry and hoovering, and then having left over quiche for lunch before heading to ( Read more... )

...Clark Kent asked me to marry him, which has been the greatest question anyone has ever asked me...EVER.  And so today, I did laundry, baked him a banana coconut loaf, and made quiche (not just any old quiche - the crust is made from mashed potatoes, flour, and butter; the filling consists of tuna, cheese, eggs, milk, fresh dill, red pepper, ( Read more... )