Entries Tagged as 'our house'

New Muffin Addiction

January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · food, our house

I’m hooked! I love baking muffins. Who’da thunk! I made bran muffins on Saturday.
On Sunday, I did a little experimenting. I started with a plain muffin recipe and then in each muffin i added different special ingredients or a combination of them.
The special ingredients were dried cranberries, cherries, bananas, chocolate chips. I think [...]

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She’s ALIVE!

January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · food, our house

We finally got our new stove up and running! Isn’t she a beaut! I love old stoves. They look great and work even better. On the left is a Grillerator! And a storage drawer. On the right is a (now) working oven!! What am I going to make for dinner tonight?! All the possibilities. It’s [...]

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bits and pieces

November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · crafts, food, our cats, our house

so made this edamame guacamole last night! yum yum yum. tasty and good for you. just edamame, avocado, lemon juice and garlic.

i got larry sue a new bed. i think meowski is jealous…

i’m in sf for the weekend. going to hopefully do some embroidery! can’t decide between the jelly fish or the giraffe or [...]

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wiggly swiggly

September 18th, 2009 · No Comments · diy projects, our garden, our house, things i like

for over a year now, i’ve been seriously thinking about honestly considering maybe starting to compost. it seems like the socially conscious thing to do. we do a lot of cooking here and tons of gardening. it’s almost a no brainer… right? at first it seemed like too much dirty smelly work. you have to [...]

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life around every corner

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · our house

i just read this lovely article on people’s kitchen plants in apartment therapy los angeles, Kitchen Gallery: Living Plants in the Kitchen. two things i love looking at other people’s kitchens and plants! the photos are lovely to look at and more than a little inspiring. i really would love to change a few things [...]

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different shades of grape.

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments · food, our house

it’s grape time! we finally gave in and picked all the grapes last night! we have SO many. it’s retard. the bucket is full, the large bucket is full and a large milk crate is full.

we made the BEST grape juice with the grapes we got last year. so this year, we wanted to [...]

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it’s spreading

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments · our house

oh my god! i’m out of control. now i’ve rearranged my office! i can’t stop. but, in my defense, i’ve been thinking of doing this for a long time. i just couldn’t figure out the right configuration. today, i just dove in. i didn’t know what i was going to do, i just started [...]

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the best cat in the world

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments · our cats, our house

mr. meowgi hopped up and settled in the kitchen window this afternoon to keep me company as i did the dishes. what a cutie pie!

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juicy baby

August 19th, 2009 · No Comments · family, friends, our house

abbe and shay stopped by today. i snap this quick photo of my favorite juicy baby. he’s walking now!! he wobbly walked over to me today with the proudest grin on his juicy little face. adorable.

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passion fruit in a jar?

August 19th, 2009 · No Comments · food, our house

last night we canned our first passionfruit!!! first we cut the fruits in half. then we scooped out the saucey insides into a bowl.

we are saving the shells. evidently, there’s pectin in the rinds and if you soak the shells over night in water, you can peel the skin off easily and use the rinds [...]

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