The History of Scaffolding Has Been Dismantled
As the end of the year approaches I’m thinking about New Year’s Resolutions and getting my agenda for the coming year in order. We are buying a condo and closing on it in February, yay! I’m really excited about it. I love the place and am excited to explore a new neighborhood. The place is...
Olive Curing Recipe
I just realized that I never did post the instructions/ recipe for olive curing on here.. So here’s the way I did it. You’ll need a crock or jar or plastic bucket big enough to hold the olives and water. Before you start you need to crack the olives. You can do it either...
She will not complain
With all this financial crisis and panic I’ve decided to start really taking a hard look at our habits and see what we can do to keep ourselves from going down the dark road of debt. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to try to build a nest egg and keep track of everything...
Those were rich months.
Way too long. Well the past month has been exciting. I went to Oregon. It was fantastic. Drank a lot of wine, sat by the ocean, ate amazing seafood and most importantly relaxed. Came back home and have been working my ass off. It’s good though, I like being busy. I just kind of...
Stir-Fried Chicken w/Radishes, Chipotles & Lime
I keep forgetting to post this recipe. Last week we went to the Wicker Park ‘Farmer’s Market’ and got a couple things (not really a farmer’s market more like 3 tables with a so so selection of random things). But we did manage to find a few things that looked really great. One of them...
What is love to those who laid these stones
A million years ago (well only nearly two) we had our wedding reception. At that reception we had cameras. I had the best intentions of taking those things right to the lab to be developed but they sat… and sat…. and sat. I’m such a procrastinator. Finally I took the damn things to the photo...
The term ‘turned on’ remained in my kitchen
We caved. After 5 months of broadcast TV, we are getting cable again. I know, I know, we were doing so well. Not getting stressed out by the number of channels to choose from, comfortably complacent watching episodes of ‘The Moment of Truth’ and a million Law & Order’s.. Life was good until we found...
We have no more to do with heavy stones and hard lines.
A quick update before I get back to work… The grocery experiment went well. Overall the total for the week was a couple dollars under our normal budget. I think it was $2. Not bad though. I thought for sure it would be more expensive to shop like this. I did go to Jewel once,...
You Can Lose Yourself in Hardware
The pup is doing much better. The idea of ‘quiet’ has gotten into his head and it’s great. On the hubby’s suggestion, this week we are doing an experiment in grocery shopping. Instead of doing the usual big trip to get things for the whole week we’re going to get all our food for the...
He Shook His Head Trying To Blink The Rain Out Of His Eyes
The latest on the dog is I'm pretty sure in an attempt to train him to control his urges to bark we have been teaching him to bark.
CRAP!
Saul has one of the most insane barks I've ever heard. It's not really high pitched or yappy it's just loud. He barked in my...
Sounds That If Written Would Be White.
Holy crap we had an earthquake last night! I slept through it, of course. The hubby said when we woke up, ‘I think there was an earthquake last night’. I didn’t believe him, but he was right. From the Associated Press 5.2 earthquake rocks large region of Midwest By JIM SUHR – 25 minutes ago...
Rotini with Arugola and Spicy Tomato Sauce
This was a really tasty, quick and easy dinner. 1 28 oz can of diced tomatoes 1/2 a 5 oz container of Arugola (if you can find bulk get a couple good sized handfuls , I could only find it pre-packaged) Pinch of ground cayenne 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil Salt to taste 1...