July 17, 2010
With a Little Elbow Grease…
It’s amazing what some good hearted hard work will do. A little blood (from the chapped hands), a little sweat (from the hot day working in the sun) and tears (no judging) really pay...
July 15, 2010
Flipped Upside Down
I am flying high and doing great today, but my baking may be another story. A challenge was proposed to me by my parents, in exchange for being able to use all their cool...
July 14, 2010
This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship
If you like the classics at all, you’d be able to name that movie. Today I visited a woman who also works for my company, who owns a hobby farm outside the town. As...
July 7, 2010
How to celebrate freedom…
It should be celebrated with cheap beer and poker. Learning how to play poker… Concentrating on not screwing up at poker… Winning at poker… And things that go BOOM!! God Bless America.
July 3, 2010
Cooking Playdough
Fondant class is coming up soon, and I’m throughly uninspired by the boxed stuff I had to go and buy.And a few website searches later, I was still nervous about the prospect of making...
June 30, 2010
America’s Test Kitchen
I’ve become a bit of a freak…wait… Nope, there’s no where else to go with that, so let’s just expand on it shall we? Well, a cooking freak is a bit more like it....
June 29, 2010
FORE!!! or is that FOUR???
There are endless fields of wheat, and so besides farming all of that – what else can you do? Well, golf! WSU spent nearly two years tearing out and replacing it’s golf course and...
June 25, 2010
Mud Mud Everywhere…
It’s Seth’s 9th Birthday this weekend. Seth is the cute little Toehead of my coworker Tammy. Let me tell you how awesome this little dude is. He loves being outside, mud, being dirty, playing...
June 23, 2010
A Father’s Day Worthy Treat
I couldn’t think of a single thing to do for my dad or stepdad for Father’s Day. It’s a good thing that the topic of cupcakes keeps rearing its ugly head, cause *poof* there’s...
June 19, 2010
Easy Italian On a "Summer" Evening
It’s wishful thinking that it’s Actually summer here in Seattle at all. But supposedly, it is. Sunny and high 60’s is close enough, that means veggies are in order. And cheese. I’ve been growing...
June 17, 2010
Beer Cheddar Bread with Onions and Mushrooms
This is like a tradition in my dad and stepmom’s house. Whether it’s at home during holidays, winter days with a bowl of stew, or up at hunting camp – this bread is what...
June 16, 2010
I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay…
Okay, well maybe being a lumberjack clearly puts me in the “I’m really not okay” category… But it is something I loved and miss every day. For three years I was apart of an...
