Lord.  Moving.  What a pain.  Even if the home you're moving into is the home of your dreams.  Even if everyone is so excited.  Triple digit temperatures, a trip to an urgent care clinic and old age can suck the excitement right out. We closed on Thursday, May 23.  By Friday, the 24th, the upstairs… Continue reading Moving

Sometimes one finds a weird thing in a weird place. Take this, for example; a weird, curvy nail. I found this in a box of river rocks I purchased at a big box home improvement store. I was adding the rocks to the little clay trays a couple of my orchids sit on, (we can… Continue reading Finds

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”           -----Ernest Hemingway My last post was close to a year ago and, in a way, we've come full circle.  Back then, we were thinking about moving.  Now, we are moving.  Moving to the home of our dreams,… Continue reading Strength…

We were going to move.  We looked at houses, at the neighborhoods around us, at all the things that appeared to be 'better'.  Then we started to hit bumps. Unforeseen family illnesses. Aging parents. My own trip to the hospital. Activities that we'd planned that ate up one weekend after another, leaving little time for… Continue reading Lost and Found

Ah the Fudge Loaf, basic recipe number 2 in the continuing saga of All About Home Baking.    An experiment in weirdness if ever there was one.  Not that the instructions were weird; they were actually pretty straight forward.   It was pretty small, but that's not a problem.  I think small cakes are good...much… Continue reading Pretty average

I hope you all had a lovely weekend.  We made a run for one of our favorite charities this weekend, Kindred Hearts.  If you're in a giving kind of mood, please consider these good people.  Sunday, we helped move 3 wonderful dogs onto a new life by driving one leg of their 24 leg journey.… Continue reading Basic #2

Back after a week or so away.  I have another big project that was taking up some time but I'm in the home stretch with it, so it's time press with our culinary adventures. This week, I've chosen "All About Home Baking" published in 1937 by General Foods.  This little book is a real gem.… Continue reading Let them eat cake

Don't I wish!  Instead, we're settling for Ms. Crocker's rendition of baked lasagna.  I don't know a whole lot about food history.  Heck, I don't know if lasagna is actually an Italian dish.  I do know that it contains the things we love; tomotoes, cheese and pasta. The recipe is a part of the section… Continue reading A visit to Italy

I had my doubts about this recipe.  It called for marshmallows.  I really hate marshmallows.  In this case though, my fears were not justified in the least. Everything about this little pie is made from scratch.  I made the graham cracker crust rather than copping out and using a pre-made crust.  I whipped my own… Continue reading Chocolate Pie

Ah dessert.  Who doesn't like a sweet treat every now and then?  Of course, most of us tend to overindulge in sweets but sometimes the stressors of the day demand such luxury. Of course our friend, Ms. Crocker, has ideas on coffee and dessert parties.  To quote; "A dessert and coffee party scheduled for some… Continue reading Dessert