Last Saturday night, we made a paella. We love paella! If you aren’t familiar with it, it’s a rice dish from the Valencia region of Spain. I’m not sure how we initially became interested, but I got a paella pan one year for Christmas so we could try. We’ve only done it a few times,… Continue reading Paella!
Author: Lauren
Thank you, Hillary!
The situation in northern Mexico right now is heartbreaking, as more and more people are killed by warring drug cartels. I’ve heard about it several times a week for quite a while now, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Tenopardgyse So what are the proposed solutions? Mainly violent ones. Mexican military takes… Continue reading Thank you, Hillary!
The Many Looks of Joel
If you’ve been around Joel lately, you might have noticed his hair. The only scissors that had touched it since November were for the swoop trim featured in an earlier post. His hair really doesn’t bother me much, but it was driving him crazy. After a few weeks of regularly asking if he set up… Continue reading The Many Looks of Joel
How long have I lived here?
In my 25 years in Nashville, I’m not sure I had ever been on the Natchez Trace (except the big bridge) until about a week and a half ago. To celebrate the amazing weather, we went camping at the Meriwether Lewis area on the Trace. There were only a few others there, so it was… Continue reading How long have I lived here?
Thank you, NES
for butchering our tree. Tenopardgyse . Peta satelit dunia .
Truffles Anyone?
Back in the fall, I started wanting to make truffles. I’m not sure why I wanted to, but I never got around to it. Peta satelit dunia A couple of weeks ago, I went to check out a little chocolate shop (shocking, I know) called the Cocoa Tree in Germantown. Before I left, I was… Continue reading Truffles Anyone?
Pins & Needles
I have somewhat successfully completed the construction of a giant pincushion. I knew it would be large, but I was still surprised. In the picture below, I set a pen beside it so you can see the sheer enormity. It’s not anywhere near as cute as the original, but at least you can tell what… Continue reading Pins & Needles
Today is the day
Today is the day that the Consumer Product Safety Act goes into effect. I meant to update a while ago, but I got a response from Congresswoman Blackburn after writing (I’m sure she wrote it up herself just for me!). Highlights: “Though Congress enacted this legislation to prohibit unsafe consumer products from entering the stream… Continue reading Today is the day
Swoop Be Gone…well sort of
For the last couple of months, Joel has been working on quite the swoop. Unfortunately I don’t have a picture of it, but it was bothering him big time. Since Martha was having her baby, he didn’t schedule his next hair cut, which for Joel means, it will be a very long time until he… Continue reading Swoop Be Gone…well sort of
Bye Bye Quality Toys
If you haven’t heard of the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act, this could possibly induce weeping. It goes into effect on February 10, and it is sad. We all know about the recent scares with lead in toys from China. One would think that would make consumers more aware of what they’re buying; perhaps they… Continue reading Bye Bye Quality Toys