Everyone cleared their plates, nobody got food poisoning, and there are plenty of leftovers. I think that means Thanksgiving dinner was a success! Today we are recuperating.…
Monthly Archives
November 2008
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I’m preparing Thanksgiving dinner for the first time this year! It’s only for 8 people (my mother and stepfather, Evan’s parents and his sister/her husband), but I’ve been planning as though it’s…
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I can’t stop cooking butternut squash and broccoli rabe (aka rapini). I’m obsessed! The combination of flavors is just too perfect this time of year—sweet squash and bitter broccoli rabe compliment each…
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It’s true, Fritz sometimes sounds like Chewbacca crossed with an angry seagull, and yes, it’s also true that he thinks sofa cushions are just scrumptious, but I love him. So much. Yesterday…
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A few people have mentioned that they’d like to see floor plans of my house, so I drew some up (very) quickly. They’re definitely not perfectly to scale (I didn’t get…
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The pups and I were shut in the living room all day while the plumbers finished the rough-in (they’re done, hooray!), and as I was walking back from the kitchen, I was…
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The windows in the unused back room have been repaired and repainted. I decided to paint the sashes black (BM Toucan Black) in this room, as the floors will eventually be painted…
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Wow, that’s a lot of stuff! We’re moving right along with the bathroom (the subfloor is complete, the roughing-in is almost done…next comes electric!), so we’ve had to hurry up and make…