1. Smoked Cheese In October’s Five Fabulous Finds I mentioned Michelle Obama’s recipe for macaroni and cheese made with cauliflower that I had slightly modified. One of those modifications was that I used smoked Gouda. In the past month I have come to the realization that I love smoked cheese. – any kind of smoked cheese. We made butternut squash and crispy kale pizza the other night and used smoked mozzarella. It was awesome! Brooke then made leak bread pudding…
Wednesdays are my long day. I teach later than any other day and then have choir rehearsal in the evening. If we eat an evening meal out during the week, it is usually on Wednesday. Since we have run out of Thanksgiving leftovers and I didn’t have time to cook tonight, we decided to eat at Panera Bread. It is on the way to church, is generally quiet and they have the best selection of soup, which seemed a nice…
I have enjoyed having both of the girls around for Thanksgiving. The older they get, the less often this happens. On Thanksgiving Day we made plans to “do something” today. As it turned out, “something” meant the kids watched Top Chef Just Desserts while Weber and I finished putting up the outdoor Christmas lights. Erin had also asked that I take some pictures of her and Edgar. Late this afternoon, a little too late as it turned out, the kids…
As it’s title suggests, this post contains random thoughts and pictures from our Thanksgiving Day. There is almost nothing better than homemade bread – kneading it, smelling it as it cooks and, of course, eating it.. Brooke made black pepper bread for her leek bread pudding and also made us a few extra buns to freeze and save for later. Erin was in charge of the mashed potatoes. She has the task of making the potatoes down – and the…
Thanksgiving has never been one of my favorite celebrations. This is not because I have something against giving thanks or expressing gratitude for all the blessings that I have been given; it is because the sentiment behind Thanksgiving has been buried amidst parades, football, shopping and way too much food. Hours and hours are spent preparing various dishes for a meal that takes twenty minutes to consume and which is then followed by hours and hours packaging leftovers and washing…
If you are a regular visitor here, you know that I often walk to and from school. To me, living close enough to do this is such a blessing. Maybe I feel this way because of the fact that I can’t drive. If I can walk, I’m not dependent on or burdensome to others. Or maybe it is simply because I like to walk. Yes, there are days when it is cold or hot or I am tired. Yes, I…
I had a fun walk on my way home today. My school day was short so I was able to head home at lunchtime. It was warm, but not too warm, and there was a gentle but definitely present breeze that caused the newly fallen leaves to skip along like happily dancing children. The animated leaves made me want to join in the dance; I exercised a little self control and just walked. A few minutes into my walk that childlike spirit…
This afternoon I received the following text message from my youngest child. At nineteen, this is her first time to cast a vote in any election. I sure hope I raised her right!
Today was the first work day after the time change. The fall time change from daylight savings time to standard time should be a good thing in that we got an extra hour of sleep Saturday night. Don’t get me wrong, I treasure that additional sixty minutes of sleep; however there was something a little “not right” about this morning. When the alarm clock went off at the normal 6am, it was still dark, very dark, outside. I expected it…
This photo, too, was taken at the arboretum. It doesn’t look like any of the others, does it. When I was looking through the two hundred plus photos from Friday, this one jumped out at me. I just kept staring at it. I can’t decide whether it is really good, really bad, really creepy, really weird, or what. Any thoughts?