Stuology

After opening the windows and airing out the house*, I decided that my work-at-home day project** was going to be banana-nut bread. Now my kitchen and living room smells so good. Speaking of my cooking endeavors, chopping onions is torture for me. It isn’t your typical tear-inducing moment. For me, chopping onions is the equivalent [...]

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It finally is cooling off, and according to the forecast at the moment*, it will be only in the mid-60s for our outing to the pumpkin farm. That is much better weather for picking out pumpkins than in the lower 80s. *I’m not sure why they even bother with 15-day forecasts. At the best, it [...]

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I’ve only done a little searching, but does anybody know where to buy a beekeeper protective suit for a woman? Everything that I’ve come across, it is sized for men.

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I went out today to get some curry paste to make Chicken Tikka Masala tonight for dinner, and I ended up just finding jarred Tikka Masala marinade. We’ll see how it tastes. A lot easier, I would say. I also picked up some gnocci for a meal this week and a Niederegger Lübeck Marzipan Orange [...]

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Mac is home which means 1. I got to sleep in a little bit this morning. I haven’t been able to sleep more than 3 hours at a time the entire past week, thanks to Ada being both sick and teething. 2. I got to play Black and White 2 for a bit. I’m only [...]

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Yesterday and today: beautiful! I love having the windows open in the house. Fresh air abounds. I am a horrible gardener, and I’m very pleased to be finding out that I’m better at keeping humans alive than I am at keeping plants alive. However, I would still love to plant some flowers outside of a [...]

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I was going to post, not going to post, going to post, and so on and so on. So, will try to make updates brief, and then back to work. Mac is back home, and yeah, I am so happy to have him back. Ada and I were fine while he was gone, but it [...]

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Mel: 2 Soda: 0 Today is the start of day 3. I don’t have any soda in my house, so if I want some, I have to make an effort to go out and get it. The weekends are harder. I have a tendancy to drink more on the weekends. It is in the low [...]

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I just put in a pan of brownies into the oven, all mixed together with my new Kitchenaid. I only had the ingrediants to make it with cocoa, but they can be just as good as melting chocolate. Plus, homemade brownies are the one thing that I used to bake all the time as a [...]

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Really, when you hear, “congratulations, it’s a girl” they really need to add on the footnote, “batteries not included.” I ran som errands late this morning, one of which was picking up some rechargable AAA batteries for Ada’s Exersaucer. I used to have a ton of them, but I cannot for life of me find [...]

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