We’re so lucky this year! Due apparently to the rain over the last month, our trees have enough energy to keep their leaves while they’re changing color, rather than just dropping them at the first sign of cool weather. Yesterday I walked almost 4 miles to get some ground coffee. Unbelievably, this didn’t even get…
Category: Journal
Braising, by ME!
I am seriously pumped about how last night’s dinner turned out. Not only did I try a new (to me) method, braising, I also juggled two recipes at the same time. AND this was made entirely from things we had in our refrigerator! That last is a big step for me, as I’m pretty bad…
Domestic Goddess!
Today, I fixed our toilet! Broken: I have included a dramatic filter so you can more effectively feel the horror of having a cracked, non-working flush handle. And to really make that toilet tank scum stand out in the most disturbing way possible. Fixed, and also redecorated with candles and whatnot: Albany Jane is…
The Weekend
It was a crazy one! There were stretch hummers, live lobsters, loud cars, and handmade pasta. Not to mention art and games of Cards Against Humanity. More to come when my brain gets done feeling run over.
So much for sleep.
She grumped at her cats, who remained unimpressed and returned to licking themselves while taking up more than a third of the bed. Her husband quietly snored next to her and she wished she could find a rhythm in his breathing that would lull her to sleep. No luck.
Pride (and lack thereof)
Thing I’m proud of: I made actual dinner last night! Yes, I used some leftovers Logan had made (the polenta and that delicious mushroom sauce). Yes, I am aware that it looks more than a little like a TV dinner. Yes, I know this is an evil Western-style meal so we’ll probably both get, like,…
Impediment
The second in my apparently ongoing “cats on my stuff” series again stars the comely, partly white-whiskered Fatty. Now that it’s November, I’m doing the summer/winter closet switch! As soon as Fatty lets me finish by getting the eff off my summer clothes, that is. I’m also simultaneously doing a closet purge, because there are…
Breakfast
Mmm, fall. We’ve finally had a few days in a row that have been almost cool! Austin is funny, though – it’ll look all grey and blustery outside, but actually be humid and in the 70’s. Right now, though, it’s in the low 60’s and I am THRILLED. Today’s breakfast: Central Market has started…
Balance.
No, the title is not a metaphor. This is actually about balance. I was returning the rental car this morning (I had one yesterday so I could run errands all over town without an enormous car2go bill) and ended up behind this. Impressive, right? It’s not every day that you see a truck piled quite…
Classy Otter 