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Christmas Wind Down
Thanks in large part to Tabby's help during a long visit, the tree is down and ornaments packed. All that's left to do is to get Martin to get the bins up into the attic ( Read more... ) -
Christmas Parties and Bad Excuses
Another Christmas party down. This one with family and close friends (psst... and the best one of the season as far as I'm concerned!) Due to the anticipated time-juggling and traveling next week, Tabby graciously hosted the traditional Christmas Eve celebration tonight so that Johnna could attend. Tabby did a great job and everyone had a ( Read more... ) -
Hot Chicken Wings
It's HOT at almost 60 degrees at 2 AM. The next couple of days will hover at around 70. It get really cold in January, runs a bone-chilling 30-40 degrees for the daytime highs, and begins to warm up at the end of February with the emergence of daffodils and crocus. In between this we'll have hard cold snaps - every couple of years even some ( Read more... ) -
Scratch
We've turned most Sunday afternoons into a bake-fest for Johnna and Grandma. Time permitting, I'm usually able to cook the main course for the week's meals. Everything baked/cooked on these cooking days is from scratch.
Baking accomplishments for the day: 1 large crusty French bread loaf, 1 skillet of cornbread, 1 very, very moist, melt-in-the ( Read more... ) -
One Down... More to Go
Yip! Yip! Hooray! Another semester down ( Read more... ) -
For All the Wrong Reasons
For my final paper I'm trying to fit together a complex puzzle. This entails taking pieces each from political science theory, history, and current events. This exercise is more akin to constructing a 3-D object - without instructions or illustration - than fitting back together a jig-saw cut puzzle.
I'm not complaining. This is what I consider ( Read more... ) -
Incredible
I'm not quite sure how it happened, but (!) we still have Johnna for the time being.
Yet another hearing scheduled, so the saga continues. -
Picnics, Voting & Ed-u-ma-cation
One more paper... one take home final... gasp... almost at the finish line. December 8th can't get here quickly enough.
Week from hell anticipated. Too much writing. Too little sleep. One good thing: no more Holocaust reading or writing. At least for a semester or two. I expect a B out of that class, and an A from the political science class ( Read more... ) -
My, My... 24 and Pies
The aromas of Thanksgiving permeate the house. Not the "hard" stuff like turkey, dressing, or gravy; rather, the sweet smell of freshly baked pecan and coconut cream pies.
Yes, we went over to Travis's Saturday afternoon and collected about 10 pounds of pecans, leaving 100's more behind. Johnna also dutifully assisted with shelling the pecans ( Read more... ) -
Pilfered from mountain_girl
1. Do you like blue cheese? yep, but allergic to it ( Read more... )