Cooking

“Do you mind barbecuing the hamburgers?” I asked Graham when he got home from work yesterday. “Not at all, I’m just going to grab a shower first.” It turns out, he really needn’t have bothered. Do you really think that spray bottle was necessary, sweetie?
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When I was growing up, my mom would start doing her Christmas baking well ahead of time. I don’t just mean a couple of weeks ahead of Christmas, either. I’m talking months. She would make two lists: one list detailed the people in her life she wanted to give Christmas baking...
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You’re going to either love me or hate me for this post. Graham got me a label maker for Christmas this year.  Yes, it was on my Christmas wish list.  I write a lot of messy looking labels in the home office and well, I’m an office supplies nerd so I was really happy to...
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It was a modest yet lovely affair, this first Blogger Holiday Cookie Party.  Most of the ladies behaved themselves, except for Mimi, who drank directly from the box of wine over her head while dancing on the couch in my living room, the silly little valve held open above her gaping mouth. My contribution to...
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Schnozz wrote a great post about trying to eat better, and according to her philosophy, we’re not doing too badly. I try hard to stick to whole grains instead of white bread, serve lots of vegetables and avoid fried food. We eat beans of some kind at least once a week, if...
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