beef and bok choy stew

Dinner

Now, I’m not that much of a beef girl. I think I’ve had my own personal steak precisely once in my life. If I want some beefy goodness, I go for beef stew. Of course, the season for that is winding down now, so for probably the last time until next winter, I made my […]

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dinner

Dinner

I went ahead and tried my first recipe from the Google cookbook I received through LibraryThing. Above are Dragon’s Breath Noodles, some broiled salmon and asparagus. Much better meal then I usually manage on a Tuesday. The noodles were pretty good, and the sauce whips up in about two seconds flat, which is a plus

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little devil hat

Weekend Notes

I had a rather lovely, fairly productive weekend. Saturday was my mother’s birthday, and we did a little girl’s afternoon out to the Skillin’s annual open house at their Falmouth greenhouse. Mom found a really cool Greenman to replace the eagle decoration that came with her garage, and I bought a new oxalis to replace

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fetching mitt

Snow!

Well, I finished the left Fetching mitt. And this being my first experience with any sort of hand-wear, I promptly found that my hands are indeed actually longish enough that I need to account for it when making anything that’s supposed to end above my knuckles. I need to add at least five rows above

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Christmas, Part 1

Yesterday was Christmas with my (de facto) in laws. BF’s brothers were both in (from DC and CO), so his parents came over from VT, and we had a feast last night. I’m still full. There was absolutely more seafood than you could shake a stick at (for the brother in CO, who likes to

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corn socks

Snow

I love a snow storm on a weekend. There’s something wonderful about being able to watch it snow and know that you don’t have to go out in it. I did some knitting, and some cleaning, and some nice relaxing with the Sunday paper. The boys (BF and D downstairs) took care of the 6ish

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