This past weekend we got a lot done. The living room was patch painted and furniture moved in. The nursery was mopped, we bought shelving for the closets, and furniture moved in as well. In addition this, we did a tour of the family birth center at the hospital and test drove a car we…
Christmas Cookies 2016
Every Christmas I embark on a epic cookie baking session. This year is no exception. Actually, because I am closer to family the cookie tins have increased this year. In spite of working with a new oven and less counter space nothing keeps me from the joy of holiday baking. So what's on the list for…
Day 4: End of the trip
So finally, the end of our NYC trip. On our last day we got up early, picked up coffee, and walked to battery park at the end of Manhattan Island. Here instead of taking the many-tourist boats to Ellis Island, we caught the FREE commuter ferry to Staten Island. This provided us with a up-close…
Happy Easter 2016!
Happy Easter everyone! Today L and I will be celebrating in an untraditional way. We are traveling to New York City where we will be spending the next few days for Spring Break. This has been a trip on our bucket list for a while living on the East Coast and it's taken us almost…
Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
A long title for a very delicious cookie. For Valentine's this year I decided to put a twist on the traditional Peanut Butter Kiss Cookie. Instead of buying plain chocolate kisses I bought caramel filled kisses, this time of year they come in a pink bag and are wrapped in pink swirled foil. I adapted a basic…
Superbowl Buffalo Chicken Salad
Every January/February it is the same struggle. You try to get back on track for eating healthy and watching calories. Then the events start to hit again. So this year I decided to do something different for the super bowl: a gluten-free salad. Now before you get upset or confused let me tell you what…
Winter Walk: Stonybrook Park
This winter we were able to share this wonderful place with my parents. While my parents were here we had settled in, caught up, eaten many yummy cookies and great meals, and we were ready to walk some of it off. So we took my parents to Stonybrook. Because of our mild December, we were able…
White Chocolate Ginger Snap Cookies
So my second new cookie experiment this year was a white chocolate dipped ginger cookie. I've always wanted to learn how to make ginger snaps. The cookies themselves ended up taking a long time to bake, I'm guessing because of the molasses. White chocolate can be hard to work with it can burn easily or harden quickly.…
Busy Holiday Season
It has been a very busy holiday season. Because I am a teacher not only is the holiday season busy because of holiday parties, gift-buying, etc. but also because I am grading final project and proctoring finals. I am in the count-down, not to Christmas, but to the end of the semester. T-minus 8 days.…
Fondue Holidays
So what do you do when you live thousands of miles from family for most holidays? Our answer is fondue. It just does not make sense to make a whole turkey and all the sides for the two of us. So we have tried to go out to eat for Thanksgiving the past few years.…
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