I ran to Target last night and was SHOCKED at the offensive display they had out. Christmas decorations. On October 2nd. In better real estate than the Halloween decorations. What the what?! Maybe I’m a bit of a Grinch because I grew up down the road from the world’s largest Christmas store, but I’d really appreciate if everyone else could clutch their pearls as they stagger away from that display when they see it. Naturally,…
Read moreCheesy? Cheesey? I have no idea how that’s spelled, and the WordPress spell checker isn’t doing me any favors. Uhhh and even considers “WordPress” to be spelled wrong. You’d think I’d Google it before committing to it being my in blog title (and permanently in the link!), but I like to live dangerously. Especially when it comes to cheese. Not that I eat old cheese or questionable cheese… basically, I…
Read moreAre bonfires a summer thing or a fall thing? I always picture bright sunny days followed by a bonfire, but it never really gets cool enough in the summer to enjoy sitting by a fire. We had what I was tempted to call the “last bonfire of the summer” on Friday, but it was also the first really enjoyable fire. The kind where you need to huddle close to it to stay toasty (and I didn’t see even one mosquito!). So, I’ve…
Read moreDespite my best efforts, fruit continues to not be one of Josh’s favorite things. Or one of my favorite things, for that matter. The only sure fire way to make sure that fruit gets devoured is to have dried fruit on hand (or mixed into our baked goods ;-)). Something magical happens to fruit when you suck out all the moisture — and that magic is probably that the sugary goodness is concentrated into a smaller spot, but…
Read moreWith the exception of biscuits and gravy, I don’t remember loving gravy as much when I was a meat-eating-child as I do now. My answer to everything is pretty much just “smother it in gravy” and I’m honestly okay with that. I more or less blame the Everyday Mushroom Gravy from Everyday Happy Herbivore for triggering this need for gravy, though my gravy recipe has evolved pretty far from that jumping off point. Well, not…
Read moreIf it hasn’t been obvious, I have a bit of an obsession with barbeque sauce. And part of that obsession includes looking for various vehicles to transport barbeque sauce into my mouth, because it’s apparently not socially acceptable to just spoon it into my mouth like people do with Nutella or peanut butter. For some reason, back-to-school time makes me think if chicken nuggets, so I figured why reinvent the wheel? Chicken nugs +…
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