Here is another week where the house presents more problems. Luckily, I am well aware of how old houses work. This problem is actually in something new. The new plumbing under our kitchen sink was jury-rigged together by a friend who knew more about plumbing. Well, it's now leaking. Tony is working on making a [...]
I'm wondering if climate change is making mother nature forget what month it is. We've had two winter storms two weeks in a row. It's March, which should mean a gradual warm up. I guess now it means more snow. I love winter and I love snow, but in March I want to get the [...]
I still have one cup left of red wine. I've done two chocolate recipes, but now I want to see how far red wine will go. I'm taking a risk here. You don't see red wine in ginger or pumpkin recipes. At least for dessert. I have seen pumpkin braised in red wine and ginger [...]
I finally spent my first night in our new house. We don't have everything moved yet, but I am happy with how everything turned out. I've live many years in houses I had to compromise a lot for. Now I don't have to compromise anything. I have everything I want here. I love it. I [...]
We just got internet installed at the new house. We have been in a dead zone for a long time. Being able to do a video chat for the first time was glorious. The WIFI is working, but the hard wired stuff is not. More testing to do, but we are cooking with gas! I [...]
OMG! We are finally moving stuff in earnest. I finished the gym floor and did a final cleaning before that. I can't believe it's finally here. The hoarded house has become our home. There are only two of us so it will take us some time to move. However, we are moving. I'm so excited! [...]
Now that we are into the new year, hopefully if you have been reading this blog for a while, you know that I think New Years resolutions are the wrong thing to do. If not, here are my posts about New Years resolutions and what I think about them. My thoughts on New Years resolutions [...]
The cleaning has begun. The trim and transition strip are almost done. Moving is the next on the list. I can't believe it's finally here. The HVAC guy is finishing the last runs so all of the rooms have heat. Last will be internet service. It almost doesn't seem real. For this week's recipe, I [...]
NOTE: if you notice that the pictures are different than the recipe, that's because it is. I messed up and put the cake layer down first instead of the pumpkin pie. Oh, well. It still turned out great. I know it's after Thanksgiving, but I figured I would do one more shout out to fall. [...]
Everyday I get more and more excited to move to the new house. I finished the painting of the last room. Flooring is in the process of being laid. After that, it's trim and adding in a few final touches. Then the big clean up. Tony added some electric to my makeup vanity in my [...]
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