I’ve been in a cleaning frenzy today. We’re trying out a new system here where I use Monday as my “get the house back in order after the bomb went off weekend is over.” We’re usually so busy focusing on getting big projects done that the house is in disarray and there are fur tumbleweeds […]

It’s always fascinating to sit down and have a look at Google Analytics. You can have  a really good laugh as you sit and  wonder how in the world some of these keywords led to this blog. What is even more incredible is that some of the searchers stay here for a while and look […]

I’ve been trying to come up with new and interesting things for Stefan to take to work for breakfast, and for us to have on the weekends before we start on our projects. I thought these might be an good change from the fruit based muffins and breads I have been making the last few […]

Caught up in the wave of Obama-mania here, a German frozen food company called Sprehe has launched a product called Obama Fingers in an attempt to cash in on some of the hype. Obama Fingers are fried chicken fingers with curry dipping sauce which were released for a trial run at two discount grocery stores […]

I’ve been trying meal planning for maybe a year now. The concept isn’t hard: sit down once a week, every two weeks, once a month (whatever works best for you) and write down a bunch of recipes. The recipes can be new, old, something you discovered…whatever sounds good. I usually write down the meals day-by-day, […]