Odd Things Start Happening When You Start Cooking…
You are suddenly unhappy with how beat up your spatulas are. I have a few spatulas that I’ve had for a decade that are all melted in weird places because I’ve left them sitting on a pan for too long. (Cheap? Possibly.) I bought one decent one a year or so ago (and by “decent” I mean “stainless steel to prevent melting”) because I was cooking so many meals out of the box I needed one more durable. That one? I’m still very happy with. The... Read More
A First: Adding Textures To Photos
I’ve been loving looking at all of the textured photos from Pioneer Woman’s photo challenge this week. They are simply stunning. I decided the morning to give it a whirl with a few photos I took at Tate Farms this weekend. As usual, I feel this incredible need to downplay my work: I’m an amateur! I don’t know what I’m doing! I know they’re ugly! But you know what? I’m trying NOT to do that because the truth of the matter is: I’m... Read More
Yelling…Revisited
Linda wrote a great post about that crappy feeling you get when you yell at your kids during those dark parenting moments of lost patience. I’ve seen entries written before about Losing It That One Time and I know the pain but I always feel guilty because those moments where I sometimes yell at my kids? Shamefully more often that That One Time. I wrote once about being a yeller and how shameful it feels. I discussed it from the perspective of doing it MUCH more often than... Read More
I Promise This Is Not Becoming A Food Blog
So, more BIG milestones yesterday in terms of the Newbie in the Kitchen department. First? MOST INSANE INJURY EVER! I was cooking chicken (with bones!) and got to the part where you take the chicken out of the water and for some reason I thought it would be good to DUMP the ENTIRE POT into the strainer in the sink. As opposed to maybe picking the chicken out with tongs first like I normally do. No…my brain stopped working and I dumped the entire BOILING pot into the strainer.... Read More
Blind Loyalty To A Book Written FOR TEENAGERS.
I had an alert set up in my iPhone calendar last week to remind me that the New Moon Movie Companion was released. I have poured over it since that day memorizing and loving every detail in the photos and the descriptions. I have an obsession with film/television production anyway…add in my obsession with all things Twilight and I found every page fascinating and entertaining. LOVE IT. But…of course I would. It’s Twilight. There are a few things in my life I... Read More
