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Luckily for me, when I was planning for this trip,  I had a feeling that yellow was going to come into play for October's color of the m...

Both my daughters are up visiting this week, and they sprang a birthday surprise on me.  First of all, it isn't actually my birthday unt...

I saw these cookies the other day, and was so enchanted that I promptly copied down the recipe and checked the pantry. The dough was made...

Cue the trumpets, here we go. It's Hubbard time! For an idea of scale - that's my little size 7 shoe there.  Big damn squash w...

Today was my day off, which means laundry, errands, cooking, etc.  You know the drill - more work than if I was at work. Grocery shopping w...

I've come to the conclusion that I'm always going to be busy and tired, so I might as well try to squeeze in a post. We had a light ...

as is the tradition in my family, Madman got to pick the menu for dinner. Beer battered fish. (He caught them himself.) (The fish, not the...

Resistance was futile ... Toldja I've been baking cookies. And Hallelujah, I can stop now...

Trust me.

I'd wanted to try out my new yarn picker today. I've got wool all washed and ready to go. I had the day off. But. The day just got...

The other day, when Madman picked me up from work, he asked me "Do you know someone named Erika who would mail you a lumpy envelope?...

What? You want the recipe? Really? Well, okay, here goes... Gayle's Totally Decadent Pumpkin Muffins Streusel Topping: 4 Tbsp f...

It's been damn cold up here lately. Temps below zero, with high winds that make the wind chill factor something you don't even want...

I seem to be running behind in my posts. Yesterday's was about the days after Christmas; today's is about yesterday. Give me anoth...

I finally got around to cooking off one of those giant delicapumpkins, delumpkins, squadeliumpkins delisqumpkins . Here's a pic of it s...

Pork Roast is followed by Pork Pot Pie as surely as Autumn follows Summer. And yes, those biscuits are heart-shaped. I've been doing th...

Though I spent the morning just lolling around slothfully, I ended up in full production in the afternoon. First, I made these: And these a...

I just got this book from the library. Tomorrow is my day off. I'm going to play... Homemade chocolate sandwich cookies, anyone? Or...

I was hoping to think of something special for a milestone post. But the most special thing going on seems to be that I put a knot in my ba...