This was a really fun survey game which came to us via the Newf-L mailing list and I just had to share it. Not only do I LOVE the way they programmed it but it’s related to a British movie called Gone to the Dogs which could be quite cute… This game is based on […]

Today is the local large trash pickup day which means that a lot of our neighbors piled up all sorts of furniture, beds, bits of building materials and anything else they no longer wanted on the streets last night so everything could be picked up this morning. Since we have enough junk around to just […]

Last night we had one of my staple favorites in this house which is chicken quesadillas. I love the blend of roasted bell peppers and onions, spicy chicken and gooey cheese between two slightly crunchy tortillas. In fact, one nightt they were particularly good and I realized I’ve never shared the recipe! So here goes. […]

I actually started this post months ago, thinking one of the times we talked to our Italian tile guy, we’d remember to ask him if he knows someone who does terrazzo. But we didn’t and he didn’t notice the floor so this post just sat dormant… But, when “the local” came by recently, he saw […]

Over the past week, we have been watching as our neighbors slowly but surely cover up half of the timber frame beams which face the alley running beside our house. It was a pretty cute house although they have done lots of modern improvement to it over the years (and the past few months as […]