Around a month ago, I put out a “searching for” request on Freecycle for canning jars. I’m part of about 5 local groups here within a 45 minute driving range but there has rarely been anything I’ve wanted from these lists. There was a sequoia tree once which I thought would have been really cool, […]

I wandered into YouTube today because I was trying to test if the sound on my computer was working…and I saw these videos. I watched TV Dinner first and was laughing so often that I had to go view his other short films too. I love when the phone is ringing at the end of […]

I have come to believe that I function infinitely better when I have music playing, regardless of what I’m doing. Sometimes I will just turn on the radio and listen to whatever comes on…but since the radio stations here are increasingly lame and geared only towards teenies, I try to avoid that as often as […]

Last night I finally made pizza and it was better than I ever imagined! I used the exact directions from Ricardo’s Pizza Crust over at AllRecipes.com and I was a bit concerned because the dough was extremely sticky. I also had to let the dough sit for a couple extra hours, in addition to rolling […]

I haven’t talked much about the pregnancy lately, and I do want to have part of this blog be about becoming a mom, so I guess it’s about time for an update. All has been going well with the pregnancy and although I have had a few days where I wasn’t feeling 100% good, I […]