When In Doubt, Throw Some Peanut Sauce On It

The hit of the Friday night Blathering dinner was easily the Thai Noodle Salad, and here is the promised recipe.  Please forgive my vagueness when it comes to amounts and tell yourself that it means that this is easy peasy and anyone can do it! Start with a big bowl.  No, bigger.  This makes A [...]

The Best Ships

At my brother in laws’ wedding, one of his groomsmen stood up and gave the cheesiest toast EVAH: “There are good ships, and there are wood ships, The ships that sail the sea. But the best ships, are friendships, And may they always be.” Mr. E and I always laughed our asses off about that [...]

Thirteen Things I Probably Should Have Told You Before You Bought Your Plane Tickets

1.  It’s probably pretty obvious from my blog what my politics are, but I’m perfectly happy never ever ever talking about them with anyone.  We can all just get along, and all that.  On the other hand, I tend to rant on ruthlessly about books and movies I hate. 2.  Um, the giggling?  That’s just [...]

And Now We’re Back To Talking About Paint

Well THIS project certainly involved a lot of swearing.   And a lot of primer. Remember the hallway before?  Good god. Also, thank you K dog, for hilariously saying you liked it the way it was.  Let me me assure you all that in person it was truly wretched.  The most common reaction people had to [...]

The Rest of the Story

I am not sure why I am having such a hard time writing about this. It’s much easier to talk about paint, but perhaps that’s not what’s best for the soul. ******* It’s too early for leaf peeping. We were in Vermont to see my sister, six months into her new life in a whole [...]

This Time of Year

Hmmm. I spent two and half days trying to think of an interesting or exciting or heartwarming or funny! little anecdote about how I went to Vermont but it turns out Vermont resists such things.  Anyway, I went to Vermont.  Now there’s nothing left to do but wait for my half gallon of maple syrup [...]

Book Review: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins This probably says something not very complimentary about my personality, but good reviews are so much harder for me to write than bad reviews. Anyway. Catching Fire is the sequel to The Hunger Games, which was one of my favorite books of last year.  And in a lot of ways [...]

Third Quarter Book List

Remember I’m copying Janssen and trying to read 150 books this year?  Here’s how it’s going: 75. The Luxe.  This is the first in the series. I adore these books.  ADORE. I read all three of them within days of getting them from the library and I can’t wait for the fourth one to come [...]