Around and Around and Around: Laundry Room Makeover
When we first moved into our house about three years ago I confidently said, "Laundry room makeover would be last." Then the round, flourescent light stopped working literally the day…
Everything is coming up Garlic
Garlic is sticking its tongue out while the deer mow down any crocus that comes up. (So NOT cool!) However, the deer won't get garlic because as my daughter points…
Hope Springs Eternal
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest. The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.”…
Around Town: A. W. Beattie Career Center Fish Fry (2014)
Tonight I had the chance to revisit one of my old haunts, A. W. Beattie Career Center for their First Annual Fish Fry. (All Proceeds go to the FCCLA Vocational Student Organization). First off, we love the…
Cosmo’clock: Dreaming of warmer weather
The yard is brown, brown, brown and there's random snowflakes falling outside. It's supposed to be spring, stupid Smarch Friends are packing up and headed to Miami this week for…
AmeriColor Food Colors
Rewind a few months ago to one of our kid's birthdays. I excitedly reached for my brand new box of Wilton Gel Colors, to get to decorating a planet Neptune…
Coconut Macaroons
Coconut macaroon recipe, where have you been all my life? Wow, this recipe was ridiculously easy - even though I consulted a few cookbooks and blogs before making these. When…
Pi Day prep
Tomorrow is Pi Day - March 14! (You know, ) Going to make another Chocolate Cream Pie. :) Instead of buying a pre-made pie crust I'm going to make my…
Enjoying Pesto from the Freezer
One of the last things we harvested from the garden last fall was a forest of basil. I was determined to pull out snack size bags of frozen pesto to…
Coca Cafe – Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
I met Dave for lunch this week and I gave zero cares about how cold it was outside (single digit windchill) when I suggested we walk to lunch. There's a…