Random thought of the day: I'd been (trying not to?) ponder why I've been adverse to active thinking exercises recently (within the last couple years). It occurred to me today that it isn't so much that I avoid them, as that I do them so much at work, I try to use the other parts of my brain when I'm out of work. I seek creative outlets: ( Read more... )

This weekend was all about the food love. We started Saturday morning with bannana, walnut and cinnamon pancakes, heart-shaped, of course. I failed to take a photo ( Read more... )

It's about to be a new year. My heart goes out to everyone I know who's struggling right now, whether it be with health, finances or anything else. There seem to be too many in that category right now. May the New Year bring you something better than the old ( Read more... )

Freaking awesome ( Read more... )

Ouch. I wasn't expecting nearly $100 in parts from that plumbing visit. Maybe I'll try a little harder to solve the problems myself next time... Or at least predict what parts might be needed first and supply them myself. Labor & trip were exactly as expected, though. I might make a trip to a hardware store and see what parts would have run if ( Read more... )

We've recently had two very contrasting, but both good dining experiences.

( L'Etoile in detail )

Plumbers are awesome. I got to fill the tub for my bath with a not-leaking faucet! The faucet!!! Yeay. It's way faster than the shower head. And our sink drains. All for the low low price of probably something in the neighborhood of $150. But it only took him around an hour to do all the stuff that would have taken us days. Literally, as we ( Read more... )

It's been a weekend for remaking food. There was a cranberry wild rice from T-giving weekend that we turned into veggie burgers. Some herbs, nuts, seeds, mozzarella cheese, garlic, cayenne and egg helped to counter the sweetness of the original flavor, while still complimenting it. I haven't perfected the balance, but it's still a good veggie ( Read more... )

Brutta Pizza really does make pizza like in Naples. There are pictures on the wall of a place we ate pizza on our first night in Naples. There is also a picture of the owner with the pizza chef at said location. Awesome. That was the best possible way to help me kick the irrational blues last night ( Read more... )

There are a number of pics, so I put them behind a cut. This is only a small sampling of the 750 or so pics I have that aren't all blurry... ( click here for pictures! )