Check out this super-old “Wheel of Fortune,” courtesy of Sandy. Ha! Make sure you watch until the bonus round.
Last night I made beans and cornbread for dinner. My grandmother had bought me a bag of Anasazi beans when I was in West Virginia. They’re these adorable red-and-white speckled beans, and they’re similar to pintos in taste and texture, but they cook quickly and require no soaking. I cooked them with a ham hock [...]
So on Monday I made another coffee drink. Only this time I guess I made the coffee too strong. Since I don’t drink hot coffee, I don’t really know how strong I’m making it. My coffee maker is small, too, so the instructions on the back of the bag of ground coffee are less than [...]
For maybe the last two weeks or so, I haven’t wanted to go to bed. Normally, sometime around 10:30 p.m. I start whining to Jesse about wanting sleep. I have a hard time falling asleep when he’s still up, so I usually pester him until he agrees to call it a night. But recently, it’s [...]
I spent the holiday weekend in West Virginia, celebrating my grandmother’s 90th birthday. She’s my mom’s mother, and she surprises everyone. She walks her dog and goes boating and bakes pies and sends e-mail and all sorts of other things you wouldn’t expect from someone who’s 90. The party was great fun, but it was [...]
