A Hopworks Urban Brewery IPA – it’s yummy and spicy. Perfect way to start the chaos that is the holidays. Garbanzo needs to no longer control our social calendar. He has booked us dinner or some get together with people starting tonight and ending Christmas Eve. I just want to relax and be low key…..so…
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Day 352 – Weird Christmas
I am always amazed at what weird Christmas stuff you can find. This year, feathers seem to be popular…and…Feather balls as modeled by Garbanzo. Oh, and gigantic gems….which are Christmas-y because they are red? Weird stuff aside, we did get the rest of our Christmas shopping done. We went out for a quick dinner beforehand…
HNT – O Christmas Tree
Click the pic please. I love the lights on the tree. They way they light the dark with the soft glow of colored lights. I love the way it lights the skin of those nearby. Seeing the picture – with the scarf, my boots – those lights – I almost feel like a superhero –…
One of Those Days
Friday night after Garbanzo and I had good sex in front of the fire, I heard water. At first I wondered who left water on – was a kid actually awake playing in the upstairs bathroom? I walked through the kitchen and heard it coming from the basement. Oh, shit, I thought as I walked…
ASM’s Annual Holiday Treat Exchange – Emmy’s Recipe
See the lovely Ms Another Suburban Mom for the whole list of people participating in the exchange. This year, I will be sharing my Grandma’s Famous Sugar Cookie Recipe. We made thousands of these during the holiday season in our house. I remember standing in my grandma’s kitchen with her making them and decorating them. …
ASM’s Annual Holiday Treat Exchange – Garbanzo’s Recipe
These are from the master of chocolate, Marcel Desaulniers. They are the perfect dessert for any gathering or function. These were served at Julia Child’s 80th birthday. I once took them as a dessert for a friend’s wedding. The key is to keep everything cold until just before serving. Lucy’s Chocolate Diamonds 1/2 lb Unsalted…
Happy Veteran’s Day!
What’s he that wishes so? My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin; If we are mark’d to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By…
Day 182 – Independence Day
In celebration of our nations independence, our family did the most patriotic thing we could think of. We went to a baseball game, everyone ate hotdogs, the adults drank beer, and the kids ate cracker jacks. After the game (that our home team lost – horrible batting is all I have to say – no…
Happy Independence Day!!
Okay, so technically, if you are an American history buff, Independence Day truly occurred on July 2nd when the Second Continental Congress passed the resolution of independence from Great Britain. July 4th, 1776 was the date they adopted the Declaration of Independence. And while I am dispelling myths, the signers of the Declaration of Independence…
Avenue of Flags
Every year started out the same. Up early, despite the day off, ironing uniforms, and making sure we made it to the cemetery for the ceremony. In the early days, there was a parade – and being a girl scout, we marched and waved to the people as they joined in at the end to go to…
