I figure I’ve already given this one away in the header, so I better show it off for good. If you’ve paid any attention to my project progress bars (and really, who would since I’ve obviously barely paid attention myself)…
Christmas goes all year round at my house…
I’m always a little sad to see how quickly people move on from Christmas. To me it seems like just now is when you can really sit back and enjoy it. No more deadlines, no more rush, now you can…
Steak and Spinach salad with Tomato Vinagrette
I’m still on my summer cooking kick. It’s just so. dang. hot. here. This is the first time I’ve ever lived without air conditioning, and I’m realizing how little my cooking has changed seasonally. When I sit down to plan…
Summer Chopped Salad
I have been having a total nightmare of a time trying to find stuff to cook. My kitchen is still paint project central, our garbage disposal has decided to give up the ghost, and all of my cookbooks are packed.…
Round 1 is done!
We did it. We finished the first batch of painting. We’re exhausted. I’ve spent the past few days just trying to clean everything up after the disaster we’ve been living in for the past three months. Now it’s finally to…
I’m the Guys
This house turned out to be way way more of a fixer upper than we had any idea. We thought we’d slap a coat of paint on the place and be done. Then there was two months of wallpaper removal,…
Spicy Baked Beans, just in time for the 4th…oops.
I’ve had a note to myself to write about this for weeks. Oops. But hey, the summer’s not over yet, surely we’ll all have more BBQ’s and picnics that call for yummy baked beans. If not, well hey, the note…
Year of Pleasures #2
I’m not a fan of most of our landscaping. I’m actually not a fan of a lot of Southern California landscaping, because so much of it consists exclusively of palm trees and birds of paradise. Our backyard right now is…
I finished something!
My studio is done. Well not really, but like 75% done. I just need to fuss it up with curtains and pictures on the wall, but I actually get to use it now. Please join me, won’t you? The color…
To Do List
Here’s one of the many reasons why I am stressed almost literally out of my mind: It goes to three pages on legal sized paper. And while some of the things on the list have since fallen way way down…