A couple of days ago, Boots found one of the windows at the back of the sewing room. The two back there are long windows but they were mostly covered by boxes but he figured out how to get to the top of the stack of boxes in front of one of the windows. Yesterday we cleared the boxes away from one of the side windows. Those windows are shorter but all of them have the deep ...
Great Progress Today
This evening as I walked out of the sewing room to go upstairs, I felt like we'd made the best progress in the sewing room of any days we've worked in there. I should have taken "before" pictures. Please don't judge. I look at the pictures and it looks like a giant mess but there's light just beyond the mess. These pictures are bad even if there weren't a million boxes in the way. In ...
Car Repairs
I think it's official: In the past week, we've spent more on the Honda than it's worth. And, you know . . this was not my idea! Last week it was the timing belt, plugs, brakes, hoses, fuel filter, new tires and one new rim. Today it was a new radiator and new shocks. I told Vince . . let's make a bet on what goes wrong next week. Vince said "Nothing is going to go wrong! Everything is fixed ...
My New Hero
We all need heroes, right? I have a new one! Erin Jeanne McDowell. She has a new book, The Book on Pie. I have made pies probably since the very first time I ever cooked. Did I ever mention that I had never so much as boiled water until I got married and suddenly . . we had to eat! There were few (like . . 2) restaurants in our small town and there was not extra money in our bank account so we ...
The Accent
The accent comments are starting to get old! As you all know, I grew up in southwest Louisiana, less than half an hour from Texas. There were a couple of towns between Westlake, LA and Texas but for some reason, the folks in those towns talked normal but those of us in Westlake all seemed to have this Texas drawl. People thought I was from Texas way before I ever moved to Texas. As most who ...
Busy Day in the Kitchen
It has been a super busy day in my kitchen! First, the second batch of kimchi was ready to be put in jars and stored in the fridge. Next, the sourdough needed to be fed. I had fed it extra the other day because I planned to make bread, then didn't so I was either going to have to throw out a lot or do something with it. I poured some off and fed it for making bread, which I'll get ...