holidays
Let it Snow!
I finished our Christmas shopping today. The lines were awful and it was taking waaaay longer than I ever expected, but as I walked out of the next-to-last store it started snowing. I didn’t even know it was supposed to snow. It’s sticking, enough so that I slid and almost missed one of my turns [...]
Thanksgiving for a Tiny Crowd
If you’re reading this, you’re either a regular visitor of my blog or Google sent you here to learn how to cook a turkey. You’re in the right place — read on.
The local grocery stores were having huge sales on leftover turkey. Food Lion was selling turkey breasts for 75% off, so I picked up [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving — I hope you and your family have a lot of things to be thankful for this year.
Double-Layer Pumpkin Pie
I really don’t like pumpkin pie, but somehow I became famous for this one among my husband’s family. It really is an easy dessert to make. The only real “gotcha” is in spreading the pumpkin layer. If you want two definate layers, make sure the cream cheese layer is cold and has set before [...]
Surprise!
John goes to our friend Neil’s house every Tuesday night to play billiars with the guys. I went two weeks ago to wind down after finding out that day that I had passed the CISSP exam. With this weekend’s birthday cookout canceled, I wanted to a little something special for him. I’m sure you’ve read [...]
Happy Birthday Dear John
John’s birthday was last week. He was out of town with a conference at work, but ended up coming home early because his dad was ill. We went out to dinner to celebrate and then headed out the next morning to be with his parents until Dad got better. Since we were out of town, [...]
Great Weekend for a Fly
We left the house for the airport early on Friday afternoon, headed to John’s parents house for the weekend. Route 70 was jammed, so it took us forever to get to the airport. Once we were in the air, John wasn’t getting a response from Potomac for our ADIZ clearance code so we had to [...]
