I am SO FREAKIN excited that I finally figured out how to get my blog to show up IN FULL in readers.  Probably the highlight of my month (exaggeration, obviously, but you’d be mortified to know how much time I spent trying to do techy computer crap to fix that).  I also re-opened comments because I’m hoping the time off made all the spam crap go away.  I haven’t gotten any in a really long time so fingers crossed.  I still have to approve comments, which is annoying, but I really miss reader interaction so let’s… Read more >

This week’s plan starts off with last Sunday’s dinner.  We had friends over to watch the second football game of the day (Pats vs Colts) and let the kids run amok. Kyle BBQed chicken and I made a simple Caesar salad as well as roasted veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes, and brussels) with white balsamic and pancetta. The chicken was marinated in olive oil, lemon juice (from our trees), plus rosemary and thyme (from our garden).  I put thyme in the veggies too. For dessert we had chocolate chip cookies and fruit.  Too bad the day was ruined… Read more >

I started this post yesterday but chose sleep over finishing it on the late night.  And by “late night” I mean 8:30 pm.  Now that I’m an oooooold 31 (edited to update: apparently I’m 32) year old I prioritize sleep like I never used to and I aim for > 8 hours as a minimum.  Anyway, I finished the post this morning, so here’s a recap of our Friday.  I wanted to nap SO badly today I was just plain exhausted.  Thank goodness it’s the weekend soon.  Although what a sad weekend it is without any football to watch…. Read more >

Apparently last week I had Asian flavors on the brain stomach.  As you’ll see from our menu it is definitely heavy on the Far East flavors.  Yummm…usually I stick to very basic Thai and Chinese cuisine when I’m cooking because I don’t have all the pantry staples (or culinary skills) that are required for other recipes, but I had a bunch of recipes starred in my reader (Vietnamese, etc.) that didn’t require too many crazy ingredients so I went for it.  Now, I’m sure my cooking is far from the real deal but whatever.  They tasted good.  So without… Read more >